Perception of perception report by Joe McKay
According to Donald Hoffman,
our vision does not accurately describe the world at all. In fact it constantly lies to us so we can eat and have sex before we die. Why should our vision be excluded from Darwinian evolution? Donald had a host of wacky optical illusions to show us, but also the science chops to back em up. Plus he used an overhead projector to show stuff not a data beamer so we would not think it was a trick.
Also awesome was
Norman Klein,
who showed us a fly through his new graphic novel "The Imaginary 20th Century" made from culling images from days of yore. I'm not sure the book will be better than his impromptu performance was, but then again who knows.
The second day of the event was held at the
Velaslavasay Panorama where we got to have a preview of the upcoming exhibit. The panorama has that kind of effect on your body and mind that makes you say "duuuuude" as soon as you climb in to the room even if you've sworn off saying "duuuude" because you're well into your late 30's and enough's enough already. It really is sweet [d'oh!].
Lastly, here's an image meant to illustrate how change blindness works. I'm not sure how exactly, but I'm pretty confident that I see a bunny. How this makes me A. have more sex or B. live longer is none of your business.
that bunny thing is demented. there's a tiny green clumpy leaf in the bottom right corner that disappears and reappears.
Some change blindess demos:
http://www.psych.ubc.ca/~rensink/flicker/download/
These make me feel that there's something wrong with my brain, they actually freak me out a bit, in a way that other optical illusions don't.
Thanks for all the puzzles, Rob. Now that I'm getting the concept I think these are fun. Like those "find the differences" quiz games. No need to fear, it's just the inverse of animation!
I take it all back. The last one on the list you linked to is completely weirding me out (I keep seeing differences where there aren't any differences). Time for bed.
What? Is this what the other one is supposed to be doing?
I just thought it would be a good idea to confirm that our eyes/brains are perfectly capable of noticing when a cute little bunny disappears, even though we may have some difficulty with a tiny clump of greenery.
Well, the greenery is beyond me. I'm seeing a lot, but I'm not not seeing any.
a tad left of the bottom right corner. It's a small clump.
Ah.
in the first the bunny is always there, in the second it is there half the time, there is no disappearing clump of anything it is always there. Help, my brain has broken.
It's a little yellowish green clump in the bottom right corner.
If you have a "find the difference" puzzle in in which the two scenes are side-by side, you can cheat by crossing your eyes. Retinal rivalry will make the differences jump out at you, and you can point them out in about a second flat, convincing your friends that you have some sort of cyborg vision.
I see it I see it!!! Or I don't. Thanks L.M. The bunny is still staying there all the time in the first one though.
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Perception of perception report by Joe McKay
According to Donald Hoffman, our vision does not accurately describe the world at all. In fact it constantly lies to us so we can eat and have sex before we die. Why should our vision be excluded from Darwinian evolution? Donald had a host of wacky optical illusions to show us, but also the science chops to back em up. Plus he used an overhead projector to show stuff not a data beamer so we would not think it was a trick.
Also awesome was Norman Klein, who showed us a fly through his new graphic novel "The Imaginary 20th Century" made from culling images from days of yore. I'm not sure the book will be better than his impromptu performance was, but then again who knows.
The second day of the event was held at the Velaslavasay Panorama where we got to have a preview of the upcoming exhibit. The panorama has that kind of effect on your body and mind that makes you say "duuuuude" as soon as you climb in to the room even if you've sworn off saying "duuuude" because you're well into your late 30's and enough's enough already. It really is sweet [d'oh!].
Lastly, here's an image meant to illustrate how change blindness works. I'm not sure how exactly, but I'm pretty confident that I see a bunny. How this makes me A. have more sex or B. live longer is none of your business.
- sally mckay 2-03-2007 4:27 am
that bunny thing is demented. there's a tiny green clumpy leaf in the bottom right corner that disappears and reappears.
- sally mckay 2-03-2007 3:38 pm
Some change blindess demos:
http://www.psych.ubc.ca/~rensink/flicker/download/
These make me feel that there's something wrong with my brain, they actually freak me out a bit, in a way that other optical illusions don't.
- rob (guest) 2-03-2007 10:16 pm
Thanks for all the puzzles, Rob. Now that I'm getting the concept I think these are fun. Like those "find the differences" quiz games. No need to fear, it's just the inverse of animation!
- sally mckay 2-04-2007 7:08 am
I take it all back. The last one on the list you linked to is completely weirding me out (I keep seeing differences where there aren't any differences). Time for bed.
- sally mckay 2-04-2007 7:51 am
- sally mckay 2-04-2007 6:43 pm
What? Is this what the other one is supposed to be doing?
- M.Jean 2-04-2007 9:46 pm
I just thought it would be a good idea to confirm that our eyes/brains are perfectly capable of noticing when a cute little bunny disappears, even though we may have some difficulty with a tiny clump of greenery.
- sally mckay 2-04-2007 10:09 pm
Well, the greenery is beyond me. I'm seeing a lot, but I'm not not seeing any.
- M.Jean 2-05-2007 2:18 am
a tad left of the bottom right corner. It's a small clump.
- sally mckay 2-05-2007 5:56 am
Ah.
- M.Jean 2-05-2007 4:49 pm
in the first the bunny is always there, in the second it is there half the time, there is no disappearing clump of anything it is always there. Help, my brain has broken.
- galenagalaxian 2-06-2007 7:57 am
It's a little yellowish green clump in the bottom right corner.
- L.M. 2-06-2007 8:09 am
If you have a "find the difference" puzzle in in which the two scenes are side-by side, you can cheat by crossing your eyes. Retinal rivalry will make the differences jump out at you, and you can point them out in about a second flat, convincing your friends that you have some sort of cyborg vision.
- rob (guest) 2-06-2007 6:56 pm
I see it I see it!!! Or I don't. Thanks L.M. The bunny is still staying there all the time in the first one though.
- galenagalaxian 2-07-2007 5:38 am