tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post113618211768087798..comments2023-08-19T02:26:10.888-07:00Comments on Wackmobiles and Spurious Brainchildren: Language and perceived colors!Spoony Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10730057249256927206noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1136861023769812902006-01-09T18:43:00.000-08:002006-01-09T18:43:00.000-08:00` Man, I used to make flippy-books all the time! T...` Man, I used to make flippy-books all the time! Those were the neatest! ...Especially since <I>my</I> stick figures were always eaten by ferocius dinosaurs!<BR/><BR/>` My favorite optical illusion is to stare at something until I have tunnel vision. It's really weird.<BR/>` I guess it's not so much an optical illusion, but it is caused by your retinas not having much of a reason to refresh themselves.Spoony Quinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730057249256927206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1136853735801538562006-01-09T16:42:00.000-08:002006-01-09T16:42:00.000-08:00I think that if we used different colored dots to ...I think that if we used different colored dots to communicate, the results would be reversed.<BR/><BR/>My favorite optical illusion is the blind spot. Make two dots on a piece of paper about 3 inches apart. Place dots horizontal to the plane of your vision. Close one eye and look at the opposite dot. Move head back and forth until the other dot disappears. Neat.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10262020627799815750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1136761684891745442006-01-08T15:08:00.000-08:002006-01-08T15:08:00.000-08:00` Actually, this information reminds me of the ema...` Actually, this information reminds me of the email where you have to say what color a word is, even though the word <I>itself</I> is the name of another color... Like, if the word 'red' was colored blue, you had to say 'blue' instead of 'red'.<BR/>` It's actually easy to just read the words themselves, but to say the <I>color</I> of each word takes longer for your brainwaves to decide on the answer.Spoony Quinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730057249256927206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14272138.post-1136749668703113872006-01-08T11:47:00.000-08:002006-01-08T11:47:00.000-08:00i've always thought those optical illusions you ge...i've always thought those optical illusions you get in emails are pretty fun. Especially the ones that after staring at them have some weird zombie pop up out of the screen.....<BR/><BR/>and when i was little, i really thought that when you moved your pencil up and down really fast it looked like a spaghetti noodle......<BR/><BR/>okay. off the subject. i don't know why this post reminded me of that!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>WHEW!!!locomocoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09955461375052917053noreply@blogger.com