Here is something you don’t see every day. In my view this illusion is totally mind-boggling. We all know how Ponzo illusion works, and why this phenomenon occurs, but in this particular example it’s really hard to settle that both red lines are exactly the same – I measured them. Still, I can’t deal with the fact that the further line isn’t little bolder and little longer. Can you convince yourself? How can “what we see” and “what our mind is telling us” exist in harmony? Share you thoughts, please.
My flu isn’t gone yet. I’m little better, but have really strange headache. When I try to move my eyes from one corner to another, intolerable pain strikes. If I want to look at something left of me, I have to close my eyes, turn my head and then open them again. Same goes for any other direction except straight forward. The good thing about having so many readers, is that some you may be doctors. Before I go to see my own doctor, what would your diagnose be?
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Man, sounds like you have a migraine!
its the London UNDERGROUND
not the subway
god you yanks have no idea
I’m curious….why do people care so much that they’re the first to post a comment? I saw at least 3 in this thread claiming to be first, and I’m thinking….umm, who cares? So you’re first, does that make you feel special? Do you feel less special if you think you’re first, and then discover that you’re not? Is there some prize for being first? IMHO there are more exciting things in life….
yeah my point exactly, first post, who cares.. a question i pose- is it really a comment if all you say is “Yeah!!! im the first person to comment! WOOHOO”…
i was a bit tricked by this illusion as the one of the right is clearly higher then the other, which i thought was the point of 2 lines being equal. but considering the elivation of the camera they have done well in presenting it and plus no where does it state same height and position :)
HAHA, unless I missed it, not one person mentioned the coincidental message on the billboard…”My eyes need moist.” That’s pretty funny. BTW, this illusion is nuts, and i agree that the best way to “see it” is to get as close to the screen as possible and blur your vision (squinting…)
Wow this is so sick!!!
if you blurr up your vision when your looking at the side wall it looks like the wall with the picture on it is moving
I dont get it.:(
wait a minute, now i see it!:D
Hey subway/underground guy: the website operator isn’t a “Yank”. He’s a “Dalm”. Or Croat, Serb, Albanian, whatever. No telling who is running things there this week. Can’t you tell from the poor spelling/grammar/usage in the articles that English isn’t his first language? Or maybe YOU can’t. We certainly can.
We still like the stuff he posts.
HERE’S THE KEY TO BELIEVE IT:
STEP 1: GO INTO PAINT WITH THIS PICTURE
STEP 2: ZOOM IN DECENTLY FAR ENOUGH TO WHERE ONE OF THE RED LINES ARE
STEP 3: CUT OUT RED LINE WITH BOX AND GRAB IT AND BRING TO OTHER RED LINE
VOILA! THEY IS THE SAME AND THEY LOOK THE SAME!
The reason we perceive these shapes as not being the same is because they exist on a 2-D field. In real life, those lines are not the same length, the one further down is clearly bigger, encompassing 5 tiles while the closer one only borders 1. In real, 3-D life this is true, but since a picture is only 2-D and not able to rotate or get closer to the far line, they are going to be the same length no matter how you look at it (no pun intended).
Forget PAINT, just use a ruler, or the edge of a piece of paper with a pencil mark.
the real illusion is that i didnt see the red lines until i read the description, i couldnt find that illusion which is very good