This head-spinning optical illusion will melt your brain

[pesco]

Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/08/08/this-head-spinning-optical-ill.html

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[simonize]

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[rocketace]

i can kinda see the curve but you had to point it out. does that mean my mind doesn’t work properly (that I basically see straight lines).

[Chaz1]

I thought it would another type of head-spinning.

[d_r]

In theory the apparent slope of the gold bars should be random (since they are parallel), but I can’t for the life of me force my perception of the slope direction to reverse. (For me the top bar slopes up.)

BTW, I think this should be called the “English Meat” illusion:

[atteSmythe]

I want my shower tiled like this

[hecep]

Well, my head is spinning, but, as far as my brain, there is no eff…

[Keith_McClary]

@rocketace

i can kinda see the curve but you had to point it out. does that mean my mind doesn’t work properly (that I basically see straight lines).

But do they look horizontal to you?

[Boundegar]

My head is spinning!

My brain is melting!

[LutherBlisset]

Keep those coming. I want me heads to melts and me brains to spin.

I now want a kitchen with drapings like that, and a Hilbert-patterned floor. Having a good cuppa in the morning while melting your brain would be great!

[atl]

Me: [I don’t get it, they look parallel to me]

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Me: YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Footface]

I resent optical illusions.

[LemoUtan]

@Footface

I resent optical illusions.

But whither did you resend them?