This image you see today is created by Rupert Sheldrake, and was part of a TV experiment in 1983 with 2 million BBC viewers. Sheldrake wanted to test his theory of morphogenetic fields, and from this theory, the knowledge of other people can influence your own. In other words, if many people know what this picture is, you would also recognize it easier. The best part is that the results were surprising... I found this image on planet perplex, and believe it or not, had some hard time figuring out what it represents. How long did it take you to see the hidden meaning? Let's make test of our own ;)






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  1. Anonymous Anonymous 

    dancers :D

  2. Anonymous Anonymous 

    wow, i have NO idea what this is!

  3. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I don't see it :(

  4. Blogger Salvatore 

    It's a man and a woman dancing. Nice

  5. Anonymous Anonymous 

    thats cool i see a....too bad figure it out for yourself
    also a cool experiment

  6. Anonymous Anonymous 

    First Comment

  7. Anonymous Anonymous 

    1st Comment!!!

  8. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Looks like people dancing...

  9. Anonymous Wut # comment a, i? 

    I see a few shocked faces...lol
    =)

  10. Anonymous Matt 

    is it two pandas?

  11. Anonymous chris Askari-DePathy 

    is it a messed up panda? i don't know what it is.

  12. Anonymous Anonymous 

    It looks like a panda to me.

  13. Blogger Joshua 

    It is a man and a woman dancing....awesome

  14. Anonymous Anonymous 

    No idea

  15. Blogger Lindsey 

    is it a pug?

  16. Anonymous Anonymous 

    i do not see anything - somebodu can explain ir - please i am quirios

  17. Blogger trickster1978 

    1st comment? 2 polar bears?

  18. Anonymous MysteriE 

    20 Seconds

  19. Anonymous Anonymous 

    i think i see a panda, very hard though....

  20. Anonymous liveHRA 

    can i tell what i see? i saw it in 1 minute.. i see 2 dancers.. uhm..

  21. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I see a man and woman slow dancing. Is that it?

    took about 1 minute of staring to realize it.

  22. Blogger Lin (boggart girl) 

    It looks like an angry panda to me, but I don't think that's what it's supposed to be.

  23. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I can see a man in black and a woman in white together looking to the right. They could be dancing. Not sure what all the other bits are though.

  24. Blogger ryan_filkins 

    is it an animal? maybe a panda?

    i have no idea..

  25. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I love the site, i love the widget, always nice to have something new there every once in a while, the only thing i have a problem with is your obsession with links, on every post there are 5 - 10 links, its just annoying specially because most of them dont even describe what they are linked to (BBC viewers, other people, hard time figuring WTF?) i would very much appreciate if you could tone it down, links are great, not to be overused, this way it just makes the site look amateurish. Im sure other people feel this way

    Big fan of the site,
    Izz

  26. Anonymous Zack 

    I see a guy and a girl dancing?

  27. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I see a panda.

  28. Anonymous Beth 

    Been viewing the site for a while, and this is the first one I got right off the bat :) Not as hard as some might think!

  29. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I saw the ballroom dancers straight away - is there anything else? It looks a little like a panda-bear's head to the right (our right, their left) of the dancers, but I think this is probably accidental.

  30. Anonymous Anonymous 

    its two people ball room dancing

  31. Blogger Renee Zarah 

    no idea, it ciykd be many mnay things

    i don't really get the waythe experiment works either...

    all in all, i'm clueless

  32. Anonymous Anonymous 

    pandas?

  33. Blogger Lord Amazing 

    Even after googling what the image is supposed to be, I still don't see it. (I won't spoil the fun by posting what it's supposed to be)

  34. Anonymous Anonymous 

    there are one a woman and a men

  35. Anonymous Anonymous 

    No clue.

  36. Anonymous aussie_vixen 

    Very tricky...I think I saw it when i was reading...but I dont want to influence what other people see so I wont say what I saw

  37. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I ve recognized it on second sight (few seconds)
    I would be interested in the results of the test!!!

    Ixtlan

  38. Blogger kenneth 

    i see a panda bear it took about 3 seconds

  39. Blogger Arnoud 

    Well, I'd say a dancing couple... Though my first guess was a panda bear or 2...

    hint: look for the feet, the rest 'll come :)

  40. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Bizarre...

    I looked at this, and thought I could vaguely see something, looking on planet perplex at the 'solution' found I was suprisingly close.

  41. Blogger magellanmagician 

    i think its a woman dancing with a man. not sure though

  42. Anonymous Not At School Anymore 

    Umm i see a chiken letme looka lil' closer!

  43. Anonymous Rzam0 

    It kinda looks like a dance pair (girl with long white dress and guy in tux) [cant think of what to make of the other black pieces

  44. Anonymous Anonymous 

    people dancing?

  45. Anonymous Anonymous 

    How do you know if you have it right or not?

  46. Anonymous leo 

    i dont see anything! im mad

  47. Anonymous Anonymous 

    It's a couple dancing.
    The second morphogenetic field image is better, although far more easily identified.
    Rupert Sheldrake is awesome, by the way.

  48. Anonymous supergirl 

    yay first post!!! thats really cool but i am not gonna say what the hidden meaning is im leaving that up to you.....

  49. Blogger Neat-Nit 

    I think I see a woman. she could be naked or she is wearing a dress.

  50. Anonymous Homfrog 

    Is it a bunch of states or countries? Is it a panda?

  51. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I see a rose.
    Tis uber coolness.

  52. Anonymous Anonymous 

    No idea!

  53. Anonymous Anonymous 

    It's a Dancing Couple, yo

  54. Anonymous Not At School Anymore 

    OHH OHH I SEE IT THAT IS PRETTY COOL.and it is NOT a chiken for thoose of you whom dont see the pic!

  55. Anonymous Anonymous 

    i kind of see a man and woman walking together btw yay me 4 being the 1st comment! =)

  56. Blogger Brandon 

    Nope. I don't get it.

  57. Blogger Dzugan 

    looks like a couple dancing

    i also see a panda face on the right but i think thats unintentional

  58. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Took Me about minutes or so, but now i can clearly see a women in white, and a man in black dancing in the center of the image.

  59. Anonymous Anonymous 

    panda??

  60. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I don't see it :( I can imagine a bunch of luttle animals, but I don't think this is it. So what is it?

  61. Blogger John 

    2 ice skaters i think, maybe the meaning is remember "torvil and dean"

    fantastic world olymic ice skater gold medal owners.

  62. Anonymous Anonymous 

    1rst, probably not but w/e i cant see a picture in it lol

  63. Anonymous Anonymous 

    i dont c anything!!!

  64. Anonymous Somebody 

    I don't know lol, I could be creative and say two people dancing lol.

  65. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Is it the countries of Europe all broken up and mixed around? One looks like Italy.

    My other guess would be a bird of some sort, like a turkey.

  66. Anonymous Eric 

    Let's see, I see a couple of panda's, a peacock, a tree, a couple of people maybe facing each other... close?

  67. Anonymous Alexx.0x 

    Its a panda bear. wow,, too easy.

  68. Anonymous Anonymous 

    i see it, it's SPOILER





    a man and a girl dancing

  69. Anonymous Anonymous 

    All I can see is a man and a woman like ball room dancing. Not sure if I am right on this one.

  70. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Looks like an Ice-Skating or Dancing Couple.

  71. Anonymous animalhugger! 

    i dont get it..
    i kinda see a panda face tho and a bear
    the panda is like in the left middle and the eyes ears mouth and nose are back
    the bear is in the right middle and its features are also black
    i might be rong tho..

  72. Anonymous Rob 

    I certainly THINK I see something.. but I don't know what. All I come up with is a tree and/or pandas... but that's certainly not very... hidden.

  73. Blogger Bekina 

    Okay... I looked at the "answer" but it still looks like two panda bears to me. I don't know.

  74. Blogger Airika 

    is it a woman and a man dancing...id it is it only tok me 2min to figure it out...

  75. Blogger Andy 

    Two pandas?

  76. Anonymous Anonymous 

    is it a man and a woman??

  77. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I can't see it , but someone who works with me can see a family! (I think he is not the full quid!)
    Can anyone else see it?

  78. Anonymous adox 

    i see pandas...

  79. Anonymous Laura 

    I think I might actually know what that picture is of, does it take two? lol

  80. Blogger Oran Taran 

    ...morphogenetic fields... pfft. That's BS. Do some research on it.

    I see absolutely nothing, besides black spots.

  81. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Looks like a panda is in there somewhere to me :)

  82. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I see a man and a woman dancing

  83. Blogger mork sjokolade 

    Pretty cool! right away 2 dancers popped out to me in the middle. i can't really make out anything else but the dancing couple with their faces together and holding hands. it's really cool.

  84. Blogger Rick 

    Looks to me like a lady with one arm up facing to the right, Hair is dark and body is white. The Other arm looks like it's on her hip.

    Not sure if this is what we should have seen? But that is what My 11 year old saw and I saw it too.

  85. Anonymous Anonymous 

    well everyone, no go here. and i think im the first to post on this pic. i dont have anything :-\. my girl kinda sees a panda, i see a woman dancing and what looks to be a 4 legged animal. but nothing that includes all the image as a whole.

  86. Anonymous Anonymous 

    It only took me a few minutes.

    But then again, I cheated and went to the site planet perplex. I originally thought it was a quadroped of sorts.

  87. Blogger noah 

    its a man and women doing the tango

  88. Anonymous Anonymous 

    whoa. that's pretty cool. it took me awhile to realize what it really was.

  89. Anonymous Anonymous 

    is it an owl

  90. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Ok, I think I actually know this one, is it of two people dancing?

    I look at this site everyday and everyday your site makes me think and smile!

  91. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Aha! Saw it immediately (or within 2 seconds). But perhaps it's because it's a favorite activity of mine. Good one. Great site. Thanks for keeping it going.

  92. Blogger jk 

    It's a couple dancing, it took me 2 seconds :) Am I right?

    Juan Carlos -- México

  93. Anonymous Sean 

    i see two people dancing

  94. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I see two people dancing- profile- man in front with arm behind woman...

  95. Blogger matt 

    I might have the answer?
    It looks like a man and a woman Dancing with ships wheel behind them. Am I right where is the answer

  96. Blogger Jerz 

    Looks like a couple dancing to moi, wheee~

    BTW nice website, first time commenting and its going good.

  97. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I see a woman and a man holding hands. Does anyone else see it, or am I just crazy?

  98. Anonymous Anonymous 

    OK... SO WHAT IS IT? HAS ANYONE GOTTEN IT YET?

  99. Anonymous macromania 

    i just had a quick glance of the image cos i'm in a hurry. i'll get back to this illusion tomorrow. the first thing that came into my mind was a panda bear.. =P

  100. Anonymous Anonymous 

    i don't see the illusion


    can someone tell me what it is?

    thnx

  101. Blogger Andreas 

    to see a dancing couple is pretty hard ... first i saw the girl but also a lot of other things.

  102. Anonymous Lex 

    love. i think it's says love. if you stare at it for about a solid 30 seconds or so, then look at a wall, you should be able to read somewhat of an imprint.

  103. Blogger Claudete 

    I don't get this one! Can someone clarify, please.

  104. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I see a couple dancing... took me pretty short time, just a few seconds.
    Blur your view for easier perception

  105. Anonymous Anonymous 

    two pandas?

  106. Anonymous Anonymous 

    1st comment? i see a couple ballroom dancing together! :)

  107. Anonymous Janek37 

    Pandas?

  108. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Looks like a kid and his dog to me

  109. Blogger Chris 

    is it a bird or a bear/panda?

  110. Anonymous Anonymous 

    This was neat - at first I saw pandas, but then I saw the elegant dancing couple - salsa maybe?

  111. Blogger Winks 

    After a couople of seconds the image emergerged...

  112. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Looks like a couple dancing..

  113. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I see man and woman dancing hand in hand

  114. Blogger Dan 

    I see a man and woman dancing :)

  115. Blogger Winks 

    ...but how does the experiment work?

  116. Anonymous Simon 

    This is a very nice illusion! It has less clear features and is thus more difficult to spot than others of the same kind.

    You tell us "that the results were surprising". Would you also care to tell us what the results of the experiment were?

  117. Anonymous Anonymous 

    i see something that resembles a panda......

    From what i see there are 2.
    One on the left and one on the right.... (i think)
    i can see the panda on the right looking a bit dumbfounded - with its eyes and it nose.... and it looks like its sort of sitting down, with its arms and legs in front....

    am i crazy (or can someone else see it too)?

  118. Anonymous Emzi 

    My boyfriend saw a panda at first, but I saw a couple dancing.

    Great site btw, I visit everyday but this is the first time I've commented :)

  119. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I personally see what i assume is a femenine form, the head is most visable, with lightning and energy swirling around it

  120. Anonymous Anonymous 

    i see a femenine figure with energy swirling around her.

  121. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I have no idea what it is.

  122. Blogger Olly 

    when i first glanced at it, i saw a dog in the center. haven't seen much else since...

  123. Blogger Olly 

    oh. i see it now, but i cheated. least i saw that legs were legs!

  124. Anonymous Anonymous 

    the most i got from this was a dog or panda gone wrong

  125. Anonymous Anonymous 

    what is it???

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