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Strangest Optical Illusions Known to Science

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The eye is not merely a window on the world, but a camera and the mind does a lot of processing to produce the world as we see it.  To illustrate this idea, MICHELLE STARR at ScienceAlert has compiled a great set of mindbending optical illusions: Strangest Otical Illusions Known to Science     Here are the pictures mentioned and further information on each one: The Dress - Do you see white and gold or blue and gold?   Wikipedia Article on the Dress  The Non-Red Strawberries Matt Lieberman's Twitter Page on the Strawberries  The cafe wall illusion   Illusion Index Page on the Cafe Wall Illusion  The Illusion Index site also provides information on many other illusions. Curvature blindness illusion Original Article by the discoverer: Curvature Blindness Illusion by Kohske Takahashi   The Spinning Dancer Ragu Kattinakere: Spinning Lady Illusion Explained The...