Optical illusions show how we see | Beau Lotto



http://www.ted.com Beau Lotto’s color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can’t normally see: how your brain works. This fun, first-hand look at your own versatile sense of sight reveals how evolution tints your perception of what’s really out there.

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42 thoughts on “Optical illusions show how we see | Beau Lotto”

  1. Млять, меня одного вштырело или все-таки в названии написано сцука по-русски "Болото"? Если это не иллюминация, то что это? Ролик шалоболик с названием на русском, но без русского звукового ряда, а субтры опшин тютюб? Реально флойдовский зеволл…

  2. My brain could only see the direction he was actually spinning the diamond. It didn’t make sense the other way and I couldn’t picture it. Not even for a second

  3. something id known for a while: the light that enters our eyes, travels back along our optic cords, reaches our brains areas, arrives at the areas of translation, LETS us know we see something, plus–the time taken for us to both realize and recognize WHAT we're seeing—all that takes time…we dont see life NOW…we see things just a bit in the pAST…WE, THE HUMAN RACE, IS BLIND.we dont see things as they are NOW…always and only a bit in the past.

  4. •°▪●3:11" [..]that the same image can have an infinite number of possible (real world¿?) sources".
    Took me some time to figure out what he said. Is this the litteral version of "a slip of the tongue"?. ¤

  5. Fun observations to say the least. However, to observe that our brains rely on context to interpret visual input is very different from the conclusion that "we are defined by our ecology." That's too big of a leap. Is this just a predisposition towards metaphysical "relativism?" If one allows themselves to be defined by their environment (and others in their environment), they are yielding far too much control.

  6. retinal cells work on chemicals, when we see different colors and look at a different picture, it takes time to get the chemicals giving signals from the retina to the optic nerve to get neutralize and process new information to pass it to optic nerve, essentially we are superimposing photos like in camera over exposure is used to create fancy effects on images

  7. Pro tip: Our brains didnt evolve, they were designed. If you prove evolution, you will be the most famous and every one will know your name and it will no longer be called a theory. Absent those things, evolution is still not proven in any way, shape or form and no evidence exists other than wishful thinking and fairy tales.

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