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cmxflash
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 Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:27 pm Post subject: How does this work? |
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Pretty easy to figure out how it works after looking at it for a few minutes. |
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AbyssUnderground
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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Go on then, explain it.
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cmxflash
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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| The red block is bigger on the first image. |
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p3
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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| cmxflash wrote: | | The red block is bigger on the first image. |
Then what it states on the right isn't true. |
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AbyssUnderground
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | The red block is bigger on the first image. |
Its not. Get two pieces of paper and cut them both up to exactly the same shapes you see and try it by shuffling them around. Its not a different size. I know this because we did an essay in Math on how this works... No one could explain it...[/quote]
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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| The Inquisitor wrote: | | Quote: | | The red block is bigger on the first image. |
Its not. Get two pieces of paper and cut them both up to exactly the same shapes you see and try it by shuffling them around. Its not a different size. I know this because we did an essay in Math on how this works... No one could explain it... |
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It is called an OPTICAL ILLUSION.
Your depth perception causes the 2D image to warp so that your 3D eyes view it correctly. This causes minor distortion, which is enough to make them seem different sizes. they need to be right on top of each other and level with your eyes, and they'd be the same. |
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cmxflash
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| The Inquisitor wrote: | | Quote: | | The red block is bigger on the first image. |
Its not. Get two pieces of paper and cut them both up to exactly the same shapes you see and try it by shuffling them around. Its not a different size. I know this because we did an essay in Math on how this works... No one could explain it... |
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You're right... After checking the size again, I can see I was wrong. |
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AbyssUnderground
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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Its an easy mistake to make, I did the same thing the first time I saw it.
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Tom Chapman
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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| How odd I just came to the conclusion that It will only fit one way and then i read the text on the right of the image so I compared and they were the same |
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