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[–]ultraclutch 20 points21 points ago

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http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/FibonacciBamboozlement.shtml

It's a fallacy having to do with the angle the pieces are cut, and that the diagonals do not match up exactly. The picture hides that fact by using a greater number of steps (squares)

The lower the step (1-10), the greater you can see the mising piece.

[–]seersalomon 9 points10 points ago

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[–]miguelsmith80 3 points4 points ago

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Someone explain why! It's making my brain hurt...

[–]etrask 2 points3 points ago

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It's an illusion, the pieces don't fit together into a perfect 5x13 rectangle [though it's very close]. You can barely see it in the final picture, where that diagonal line that goes from one corner to the other gets overlapped by the shapes.

[–]Sondrita[S] 0 points1 point ago

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you have no idea how much this got off of my chest

[–]Sondrita[S] 2 points3 points ago

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which is why i posted this here.

[–]xDAIVEx 0 points1 point ago

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I guess you'll have more chance of getting an answer if you post this to r/askreddit

[–]Treviso 0 points1 point ago

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[–]americanInsurgent -2 points-1 points ago

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