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Oct 15, 2006

The limits of our perception and perfection: the Muller-Lyer Illusion

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You have prob­a­bly seen a num­ber of vir­tual illu­sions that prove the lim­its of our per­cep­tion (and “per­fec­tion”!), such as the one below, or the one where you are asked to com­pare the length of two lines. Easy stuff, right?

Well, why don’t you try this fun Muller-Lyer Illu­sion. Which of the 2 cir­cles sur­rounded by other cir­cles is bigger?

visual illusion

Sure? Would you mind using a tape measure?

Here’s a link to a neu­ropsy­cho­log­i­cal expla­na­tion.

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