Scientific illusion

posted by BSR 3 months 1 week ago • 104 views • 37 secs

YouTube description: The Galton Board is a 7.5” by 4.5” desktop probability machine. This device brings to life the statistical concept of normal distribution. As you rotate the Galton Board... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 808 views • 3:23

YouTube Description: View full lesson here: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-mathematics-of-sidewalk-illusions-fumiko-futamura Have you ever come across an oddly stretched image on the sidewalk, only... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 21 views • 4:55

"The science behind the stereogram craze of the 1990s. You might have remembered when sterograms appeared on Seinfeld. Learn about how these images trick the brain..."

posted by ant 7 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 29 views • 9:23

Over the past few days, the optical illusion posted by Akiyoshi Kitaoka has made the rounds on the internet, and today I'm explaining how the 12-dot optical illusion works. It is driven by two key features:... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 23 views • 3:16

This video explores the nature of self-perception and various illusions related to body ownership. - YT

posted by blacklotus90 8 years 5 months ago • 162 views • 9:16

Learn how cognitive ease distorts what we believe to be true. I find this especially fascinating.

posted by eric3579 8 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,622 views • 8:26

YouTube description: Just as vinyl records have a pattern of grooves and ridges that contain the sound, talking tapes - which were originally developed in 1918 - work on the same principle. Along the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 8 months ago • 688 views • 3:37

Published on Apr 1, 2015 Why is it that so many people think they can’t draw? Where did we learn to believe that? Graham Shaw will shatter this illusion – quite literally - in a very practical way.... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 8 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 29 views • 15:04

Yeah... Flashy Outfit over Fighting, getting peed on or, uh DYING ... every day, ALL day! YouTube: When it comes to sex things can be complicated, but for the three species we are looking at today,... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 31 views • 4:11

My favorite insect in all the land! YouTube: The Dragonflies vision is so quick but will it detect the high speed pea?

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month 1 week ago • 119 views • 4:14

The human visual system is extremely complex, but it makes repeated use of some tricks that can be exploited to produce interesting visual illusions. With even a high-level understanding of how the brain... continue reading

posted by cricket 9 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 1,207 views • 4:56

"No one should be under the illusion that marijuana has no harms." Happy 420 Sifters! YouTube: There's just no way to talk about marijuana without someone completely misinterpreting what I say. Some... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 257 views • 5:48

“Now this is a very, very important point — to realize that the world is not an illusion, that the world simply happens to be an abstraction. Out of the process, please remember we are interested in... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 11 months 3 weeks ago • 73 views • 3:05

YouTube Description: music by http://www.youtube.com/Jakechudnow and http://www.audionetwork.com brusspup anamorphic illusions: [See YouTube description] ANOMALOUS MOTION by Akiyoshi Kitaoka:... continue reading

posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 1 year 2 weeks ago • 1,601 views • 10:48

Is what you are seeing real?

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 year 3 months 3 weeks ago • 934 views • 2:04

YouTube Description: Don't you wish you could make things levitate in mid air?

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago • 143 views • 4:03

The different ways your brain processes different kinds of information.

posted by messenger 1 decade 1 year 11 months ago • 717 views • 4:41