#optical illusion

[cosmonautroger]

optical illusion

[zegalba]

Fata Morgana

a superior mirage caused by warm air resting on patches of colder air in an atmospheric duct that acts like a refracting lens. Objects on the horizon could appear to be mirrored, distorted, or float. This form of mirage could be the reason for the Flying Dutchman Legend.

[jaubaius]

Catical illusion/  This kitty is in a bathtub

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[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

An interesting demonstration of how the human brain works.

But also something of a lesson regarding perception, and the unreliability of subjective perspective versus objective reality.

You can be extremely certain about how you perceive the world, your "lived experience," that which you "feel it in my heart." But that doesn't mean it's actually true. And it doesn't mean we have to endorse it, or ignore or outright deny objective reality.

That's a "you" thing, not a "we" thing.

[dat-soldier]

The Human Complains About The Spaghetti

[littlethingsmart]

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[catchymemes]

These circles are stationary

[aliens-stim-too]

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[sleepy-bebby]

[itscolossal]

An M.C. Escher-Inspired Series by Parth Kothekar Distorts Perspectives With Single Sheets of Paper

[pixel8or]

[zegalba]

Pareidolia is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one sees an object, pattern or meaning where there is none

[jareckiworld]

Michael Cheshire — Fibonacci Pyramid  [Silver Ash, Queensland Walnut, Rosewood, 2007]   

[ilikeit-art]

An interesting optical illusion that the brain fails to recognize..

The circles and strips do not move and do not change shape.

[blondebrainpower]

Made by reddit user Evil_Bonkering's aunt, this one is a Labyrinth Walk quilt.

[happyheidi]

An Illusory Swimming Pool

By Leandro Erlich