The 'Big Spanish Castle' Illusion

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The discussion revolves around various optical illusions and their effects on perception. Participants share links to illusions that manipulate visual perception, noting how the brain interprets misleading information from the eyes. One illusion prompts a reaction about seeing faces in clouds, while another highlights the phenomenon of color receptor fatigue. There is humor in the conversation, with references to typos and playful banter about the brain's role in processing visual stimuli. The thread also touches on nostalgic memories related to early electronic devices and the playful nature of visual tricks. Overall, the focus remains on the intriguing ways optical illusions challenge our understanding of sight and cognition.
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This is great. Check it out.

http://www.johnsadowski.com/big_spanish_castle.html
 
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whoa that is intense...nice find!
 
After about 20 seconds of staring I thought I saw a face in the clouds.
 
Jeff Reid said:
Another one, also based on your color receptors getting fatigued:

cool_illusion.html
That's a pretty famous/popular one.
 
Hey you guys broke it!
 
Goddamit, I just wasted 30 seconds of my time!
 
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Wow that's cool it looks like it's moving when it isn't.
 
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Hooray, more support for my theory of the validity of the particle-hole transformation to visual responses to color. (yuck, all those prepositions...preposterous, wot?)
 
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Connect the black dots.

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Ahhhhhh! STOP Messing with my eyes!
 
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mattmns said:
STOP Messing with my eyes!
It's not your eyes that they playing with it's your brain. The brain thinks it's getting infomation form the eye's that it isn't that is how an opitical illisioun is formed.
 
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scott1 said:
It's not your eyes that they playing with it's your brain. The brain thinks it's getting infomation form the eye's that it isn't that is how an opitical illisioun is formed.
Yeah, I'm messing with your brain. :devil:
 
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scott1 said:
It's not your eyes that they playing with it's your brain. The brain thinks it's getting infomation form the eye's that it isn't that is how an opitical illisioun is formed.
Yeah... like how if you stare at that post long enough the spelling mistakes disappear. :-p
 
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Danger said:
Yeah... like how if you stare at that post long enough the spelling mistakes disappear. :-p
17 4|w4y5 w0rk5 700.
it always woks too.
Edit:How did that one not work?
 
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y0u 5p311 b3773r wh3n y0u 7yp3 1337 :smile:
 
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mattmns said:
y0u 5p311 b33773r wh3n y0u 7yp3 1337 :smile:
I noticed that too. Truly scary! :rolleyes:
 
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:smile: And in that post I made a typo
 
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And I'm quite irritated that you admitted it before I could pounce on it. :biggrin:
 
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Reminds me of back in 1972, when a guy named Bill bought one of the first electronic slide rules, a HP 35. A friend spelled hello bill upside down on it and freaked out Bill, with these numbers: 7718 0ll34.
 
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Jeff Reid said:
Reminds me of back in 1972, when a guy named Bill bought one of the first electronic slide rules, a HP 35. A friend spelled hello bill upside down on it and freaked out Bill, with these numbers: 7718 0ll34.
Yeah, my favorite satellite orbit is circular with a radius of 12,988.1815 km. (actually, you need a pretty cheap calculator for that to work well)
 
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