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 ;)
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
Zack
I see a guy and a girl dancing?
Anonymous
I see a panda.
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!
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.
All I can see is a man and a woman like ball room dancing. Not sure if I am right on this one.
Anonymous
Looks like an Ice-Skating or Dancing Couple.
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..
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
whoa. that's pretty cool. it took me awhile to realize what it really was.
Anonymous
is it an owl
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!
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.
BTW nice website, first time commenting and its going good.
Anonymous
I see a woman and a man holding hands. Does anyone else see it, or am I just crazy?
Anonymous
OK... SO WHAT IS IT? HAS ANYONE GOTTEN IT YET?
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
to see a dancing couple is pretty hard ... first i saw the girl but also a lot of other things.
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.
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?
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....
dancers :D
wow, i have NO idea what this is!
I don't see it :(
It's a man and a woman dancing. Nice
thats cool i see a....too bad figure it out for yourself
also a cool experiment
First Comment
1st Comment!!!
Looks like people dancing...
I see a few shocked faces...lol
=)
is it two pandas?
is it a messed up panda? i don't know what it is.
It looks like a panda to me.
It is a man and a woman dancing....awesome
No idea
is it a pug?
i do not see anything - somebodu can explain ir - please i am quirios
1st comment? 2 polar bears?
20 Seconds
i think i see a panda, very hard though....
can i tell what i see? i saw it in 1 minute.. i see 2 dancers.. uhm..
I see a man and woman slow dancing. Is that it?
took about 1 minute of staring to realize it.
It looks like an angry panda to me, but I don't think that's what it's supposed to be.
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.
is it an animal? maybe a panda?
i have no idea..
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
I see a guy and a girl dancing?
I see a panda.
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!
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.
its two people ball room dancing
no idea, it ciykd be many mnay things
i don't really get the waythe experiment works either...
all in all, i'm clueless
pandas?
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)
there are one a woman and a men
No clue.
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
I ve recognized it on second sight (few seconds)
I would be interested in the results of the test!!!
Ixtlan
i see a panda bear it took about 3 seconds
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 :)
Bizarre...
I looked at this, and thought I could vaguely see something, looking on planet perplex at the 'solution' found I was suprisingly close.
i think its a woman dancing with a man. not sure though
Umm i see a chiken letme looka lil' closer!
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
people dancing?
How do you know if you have it right or not?
i dont see anything! im mad
It's a couple dancing.
The second morphogenetic field image is better, although far more easily identified.
Rupert Sheldrake is awesome, by the way.
yay first post!!! thats really cool but i am not gonna say what the hidden meaning is im leaving that up to you.....
I think I see a woman. she could be naked or she is wearing a dress.
Is it a bunch of states or countries? Is it a panda?
I see a rose.
Tis uber coolness.
No idea!
It's a Dancing Couple, yo
OHH OHH I SEE IT THAT IS PRETTY COOL.and it is NOT a chiken for thoose of you whom dont see the pic!
i kind of see a man and woman walking together btw yay me 4 being the 1st comment! =)
Nope. I don't get it.
looks like a couple dancing
i also see a panda face on the right but i think thats unintentional
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.
panda??
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?
2 ice skaters i think, maybe the meaning is remember "torvil and dean"
fantastic world olymic ice skater gold medal owners.
1rst, probably not but w/e i cant see a picture in it lol
i dont c anything!!!
I don't know lol, I could be creative and say two people dancing lol.
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.
Let's see, I see a couple of panda's, a peacock, a tree, a couple of people maybe facing each other... close?
Its a panda bear. wow,, too easy.
i see it, it's SPOILER
a man and a girl dancing
All I can see is a man and a woman like ball room dancing. Not sure if I am right on this one.
Looks like an Ice-Skating or Dancing Couple.
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..
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.
Okay... I looked at the "answer" but it still looks like two panda bears to me. I don't know.
is it a woman and a man dancing...id it is it only tok me 2min to figure it out...
Two pandas?
is it a man and a woman??
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?
i see pandas...
I think I might actually know what that picture is of, does it take two? lol
...morphogenetic fields... pfft. That's BS. Do some research on it.
I see absolutely nothing, besides black spots.
Looks like a panda is in there somewhere to me :)
I see a man and a woman dancing
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.
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.
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.
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.
its a man and women doing the tango
whoa. that's pretty cool. it took me awhile to realize what it really was.
is it an owl
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!
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.
It's a couple dancing, it took me 2 seconds :) Am I right?
Juan Carlos -- México
i see two people dancing
I see two people dancing- profile- man in front with arm behind woman...
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
Looks like a couple dancing to moi, wheee~
BTW nice website, first time commenting and its going good.
I see a woman and a man holding hands. Does anyone else see it, or am I just crazy?
OK... SO WHAT IS IT? HAS ANYONE GOTTEN IT YET?
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
i don't see the illusion
can someone tell me what it is?
thnx
to see a dancing couple is pretty hard ... first i saw the girl but also a lot of other things.
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.
I don't get this one! Can someone clarify, please.
I see a couple dancing... took me pretty short time, just a few seconds.
Blur your view for easier perception
two pandas?
1st comment? i see a couple ballroom dancing together! :)
Pandas?
Looks like a kid and his dog to me
is it a bird or a bear/panda?
This was neat - at first I saw pandas, but then I saw the elegant dancing couple - salsa maybe?
After a couople of seconds the image emergerged...
Looks like a couple dancing..
I see man and woman dancing hand in hand
I see a man and woman dancing :)
...but how does the experiment work?
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?
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)?
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 :)
I personally see what i assume is a femenine form, the head is most visable, with lightning and energy swirling around it
i see a femenine figure with energy swirling around her.
I have no idea what it is.
when i first glanced at it, i saw a dog in the center. haven't seen much else since...
oh. i see it now, but i cheated. least i saw that legs were legs!
the most i got from this was a dog or panda gone wrong
what is it???