Best Optical Illusion of the Year Contest 79
An anonymous reader writes "The 7th annual 'Best illusion of the year contest' was held by the Neural Correlate Society last week in Florida, and it featured 10 fantastic visual illusions selected from a pool of over 150 submissions. The site has demos of the illusions that made the finals, with brief explanations about what each illusion tells us about the visual system. Some might be important for the design of video displays and animations."
A great example (Score:4, Interesting)
of how the mind will make leaps and conclusion with minimal input.
Optical illusions are a great opportunity to teach people how to think rational about something that on initial view doesn't make sense or breaks reality.