Wonders of the human mind... II

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Wonders of the human mind... II

Post by danielwang » Wed Sep 17, 2003 3:50 pm

Our minds are truly amazing computers.
Without conscious though, you process motion vectors every time you go out for a drive and perform astoundingly accurate discrete filtering every time you hear music.
But the same thing that lets you focus on the violins in a concert is also what causes this:
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El Banana wrote:
danielwang wrote:Optical illsuion. Similar to one seen in a certain episode of «Rurouni Kenshin»: a parsing error is inserted into the image to make your mind try to readjust the parity of the image.
Elaborate.
the human mind has a natural ability to parse images into motion vectors, then correct parities and compare them against movements detected in the organ behind your ear... indeed, dizziness is often caused by stressing the muscles of your eyes when trying to focus on a dynamic object that doesn't make sense to your eyes...
( like the "solid lines" that form when you look at two angled grids )
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So you're referring to the episode where Hannya's striped outfit gives the illusion of his arms being shorter than they actually are?
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First one:
When you first looked at it, the yellow box appeared square, didn't it? The green lines are slightly modified to make it look that way...

Second one:
The bracket and the first rectangle are parallel, the last one is not.
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Post by downwithpants » Wed Sep 17, 2003 6:01 pm

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
Einstein.

Still amazing what our minds can do unconsciously.
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Re: Wonders of the human mind... II

Post by )v(ajin Koji » Thu Sep 18, 2003 1:09 pm

danielwang wrote:Our minds are truly amazing computers.
no they're brains.
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Re: Wonders of the human mind... II

Post by Jim Hawkings21122 » Thu Sep 18, 2003 1:14 pm

)v(ajin Koji wrote:
danielwang wrote:Our minds are truly amazing computers.
no they're brains.
really? i always thought they looked like chewed gum.
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Post by kthulhu » Thu Sep 18, 2003 1:22 pm

Here's what I want to know: how can anyone think "The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension" is a good movie?
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Post by jonmartensen » Thu Sep 18, 2003 1:27 pm

kthulhu wrote:Here's what I want to know: how can anyone think "The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension" is a good movie?
My instinctual response would be drugs, lots and lots of drugs.
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Post by )v(ajin Koji » Thu Sep 18, 2003 1:37 pm

jonmartensen wrote:
kthulhu wrote:Here's what I want to know: how can anyone think "The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension" is a good movie?
My instinctual response would be drugs, lots and lots of drugs.
thats your answer to everything!
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