Although optical illusions seem to trick our eyes into thinking they are moving or are various different images Morgan explains that this and something like color are can be explained very simply as our mind interprets what to see and colors are projections of rays. Then he goes on to say that once we stop calling these things illusions we can get down to what they really are and mean.
Throughout our schooling careers we are taught about refraction, defraction, light rays, etc. in science class and although it seems to make sense we are still amazed at the things we sometimes see. After thinking about what Morgan said at the end of his article I think it would be nearly impossible to stop calling things amazing or illusions because new things will surprise us everyday no matter if we know our mind is in control or not.
Quite the catchy title. I immediately thought of being a kid (or even more recent) and looking at the objects in my dark room from my bed at night. I think in this environment we are most vulnerable to these "tricks" that our eyes play on us. No matter how hard we try to tell ourselves what the object were looking at in the dark "really" is, our brains fight our logic.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to think that rays are being projected into our eyes. It is facinating that that is how we see. It would be an interesting experiment to figure out a way to caputure the rays coming off an object and taking a photo of it so you can see the rays.
ReplyDeleteGood post.
In a dark room with light coming from a vcr or alarm clock. When I open and close my eyes it looks like these things are zipping across the room. Weird
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