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I cannot wrap my head around this

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Lansfield
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Does anyone else find this really disorientating?
Jun 10 2012 6:51PM
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Dustin.
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Ever seen people take pics of their footprints in the sand? Same thing goin on.
Jun 10 2012 6:53PM
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84891jnf92048
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hm?
Jun 10 2012 6:54PM
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Dragonite.
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Jun 10 2012 7:07PM
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Yeezy
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Jun 10 2012 7:12PM
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HamFaceGirl
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Jun 10 2012 7:17PM
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NotGhood
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What the actual fuck. I was so lost for about the first 5 turns before I realized what was going on
Jun 10 2012 7:22PM
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treecery.
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neat
Jun 10 2012 7:22PM
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Ribss.
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The inside of the mask is made to look like that. Its just an optical illusion, stare at it for awhile and tell yourself thats its made to do that and its just the inside of the mask using depth to trick your eyes.
Jun 10 2012 7:23PM
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Lansfield
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but its scary
Jun 10 2012 7:41PM
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Poop_nugget
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fuckin laughed so hard
Jun 10 2012 7:50PM
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Ribss.
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Yeah... thats true, haha
Jun 10 2012 10:27PM
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Casual.
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if you pay attention to the shadows it's pretty easy to see
Jun 10 2012 10:28PM
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SSteezle
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i just looked at this for 5 minutes and have never been more confused in my life
Jun 10 2012 10:30PM
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POW-WOW
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Got it!

The first part of the mask looks like it is rotationg counter clockwise, making it look like it extrudes. When you watch the second mask, you see it is rotating clockwise, so you just have to watch the first mask and tell yourself it is moving clockwise.
Jun 10 2012 10:32PM
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Piste.Off
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depth inversion
Jun 10 2012 10:32PM
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TRASHY.
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This, I found that if you stare at his eyes it's confusing as fuck, but if you stare at the bottom (bow area), my mind does not get fucked.
Jun 10 2012 10:35PM
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Anathema
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clever girl


Jun 10 2012 10:39PM
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Backyard.Skier
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easy peasy
Jun 10 2012 10:40PM
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TimRiley
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Jun 10 2012 10:40PM
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gotti
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what is this shit
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Jun 10 2012 11:29PM
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rareison
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the first face looks like its just floating, it doesn't even look like its on the rod.

I understand it but it would be way too hard to explain this haha
Jun 10 2012 11:32PM
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Bill.Nye
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SCIENCE TO THE RESCUE!!

The reason it's screwing with your head is that the light source is moving along with the mask. This means that you can't see the shadows on the concave side of the mask. If you could see these shadows your brain would recognize that it is concave and rotating the opposite way it looks.

Don't believe me? Look at the shadows in the background.

Also, I'm motherfucking Bill Nye.
Jun 10 2012 11:33PM
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Bill.Nye
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Actually the light source might be at an angle so it doesn't even need to move in order to keep the whole concave section bright. The apparent shadow changes in the background might be due to exposure change.

A cool brain illusion nonetheless.
Jun 10 2012 11:36PM
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gotti
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Jun 10 2012 11:40PM
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POW-WOW
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Holy fuck it's actually Bill Nye. But was I kinda right too?
Jun 11 2012 12:55AM
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Sno.
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i cant do this. i try and i try but i cannot manage to see the original (inside of the mask) for what it really is until the front of the mask becomes obvious
Jun 11 2012 12:58AM
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El_Barto.
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This sorta reminds me of something my sister showed me. Look at a water fall, unfocus your eyes, after like 10 seconds look at the rocks next to the fall and they will move just like the water was. The cells in your eyes move with the falling water and the still move shortly after you gaze away, or somethin like that. Shes an optometrist so she knows all sorts of cool eye and light shit
Jun 11 2012 1:01AM
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cwphoto
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Thats some crazy stuff
Jun 11 2012 1:05AM
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snakerton
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Jun 11 2012 1:08AM
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1337
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try harder!


it's like this one
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Jun 11 2012 1:12AM
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Sno.
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fuck
Jun 11 2012 1:20AM
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wellthisisold
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^my reaction exactly. I watched it about 100 tmes.
Jun 11 2012 1:30AM
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BmoChop
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I can only see this going counterclockwise :(
Jun 11 2012 1:37AM
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Travapple.
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all you ever need to know...
Jun 11 2012 1:38AM
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cwphoto
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Dude... Thats so weird. The large pic looks like its moving in whichever direction the last little pic i looked at is moving, if that makes sense
Jun 11 2012 1:48AM
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DayMan
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Yeah thats what I'm seeing. so crazy
Jun 11 2012 1:55AM
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CassiusClay
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Really dig this. Most of the time, especially when I first glance at it, I get clockwise. Its easy to see it switch on yourself though.
Jun 11 2012 1:56AM
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Bodhisattva_
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OP what is disorientating? Is that like disorienting?
Jun 11 2012 2:39AM
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Bill.Nye
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That's called cognitive priming!!

SCIENCE RULES
Jun 11 2012 2:54AM
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B-runge
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are you retarded?

its clearly the inside of the mask rotating to the outside?
Jun 11 2012 3:50AM
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TechnoPotamus
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Jun 11 2012 9:36AM
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Juicy-J
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hell yeah. Bill Nye the science guy.
Jun 11 2012 9:54AM
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Lansfield
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Jun 11 2012 2:52PM
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A.Paul
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Jun 12 2012 4:37PM
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_DUSTY_
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I've got a dragon cut out in my room that always looks at you when one eye is closed.


Jun 12 2012 4:50PM
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JzD.
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Jun 12 2012 4:56PM
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james6345789
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Jun 12 2012 5:08PM
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icyburr
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I've seen this so many times and never been able to make it go counter clockwise. I stare it for lengthly periods of time, look everywhere on the body and still it just stays going clockwise
Jun 12 2012 6:28PM
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BmoChop
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I made these in a class this year, kinda hard to get right but really cool at the same time when they work.
Jun 12 2012 6:28PM
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1337
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I can make it go back and fourth without blinking, like it's playing ping-pong with the spinning leg

/claim
Jun 12 2012 6:31PM
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