Visual illusion, and relative sizes

Which of the 2 cir­cles in the mid­dle of their respec­tive “con­stel­la­tions” is bigger”?

 size

In real­i­ty? in your eyes? what is hap­pen­ing? do you see any impli­ca­tions for our dai­ly lives?

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  1. Alvaro on October 8, 2006 at 8:44

    Both cir­cles at the cen­ter are of equal size. They appear dif­fer­ent because of their rel­a­tive sizes when com­pared the cir­cles around them. 

    Our eyes are com­par­i­son machines-not nec­es­sar­i­ly per­fect, objec­tive, judges of reality.



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