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[–]Icamehere2fap 49 points50 points ago

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can a man of science explain this to me in the most complicated way possible, thank you in advance.

[–]liarliarplants4hire 66 points67 points ago

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It's due to to speed of processing by magnocellular and parvocellular pathways of vision and micro-saccades. http://www.cs.unm.edu/~williams/cs591/explanation.html

[–]iama_brick 43 points44 points ago

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I understood like, 5 words, in that sentence. Fuck, I'm bringing the average intelligence of Reddit down

[–]TheWorldIsEnding 59 points60 points ago

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You're doing wonders for bricks though

[–]iama_brick 24 points25 points ago

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:D

[–]5panks 1 point2 points ago

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You got an upvote from me.

[–]lolsai -1 points0 points ago

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probably the first comment i've ever actually laughed at. thank you sir

[–]lolwut19 2 points3 points ago

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"It's due to to speed of processing" "by" "and" "pathways of vision and".

[–]liarliarplants4hire 1 point2 points ago

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No worries. Your talent in other areas make up for this little bit of momentary ignorance. Learn and move on.

[–]flinxsl 22 points23 points ago

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delivered

[–]omar1993 4 points5 points ago

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GAH! My head!

[–]AnonUhNon 5 points6 points ago

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This is actually super interesting, thank you.

One kind of voluntary movement is known as a saccade. This is a rapid movement involving acceleration and deceleration of the eye. It represents a change in the point to which we are attending. Thankfully, during a saccade, vision is supressed. It is for this reason that we don't actually perceive the world violently rotating around us every time we re-direct our attention.

[–]iPeeLavaLampGoo 2 points3 points ago

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Can you, man (or woman) of science, explain to me why I saw them all moving, but my parents and younger sister didn't?

[–]liarliarplants4hire 2 points3 points ago

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Not likely. Either they aren't able to perceive it due to lack of attention, they're trolling you, or something along that line. Everyone should be able to perceive it... It even works monocularly and even if color blind (unless completely cone free).

[–]spdracr99 1 point2 points ago

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I'm drunk and they won't move for me :(

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[–]MrWilliam 3 points4 points ago

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Everything else is, though.

whoa

[–]ladiesiplayguitar -1 points0 points ago

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I'm drunk as well and

imgur link whoa...

[–]WigginIII 1 point2 points ago

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I don't see them moving, but I am blind in one eye so that might explain it. I don't have two overlapping fields of vision and I think that plays a role. However I can see most optical illusions, i thought this one was a joke illusion at first.

[–]WigginIII 0 points1 point ago

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Shit...or it's because I'm looking at this on my phone. I will check later on my monitor and edit my results.

[–]inadequate_hero 0 points1 point ago

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I can't see it on my phone either. :/

[–]Driesens 4 points5 points ago

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I think it may be the shadows behind them.

And no, I can't retype this in a complicated way, my hands are cold, and my typing is slower.

[–]Kubaker1 4 points5 points ago

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blows on driesens cold hands. Tell us!

[–]DELTATKG 4 points5 points ago

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blows on driesens...

ಠ_ಠ

...cold hands.

Oh...

[–]Kubaker1 0 points1 point ago*

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ಠ_ಠ------

I don't get it.

[–]MuckYu 2 points3 points ago

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aliens

[–]rubbachkn 63 points64 points ago

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Witchcraft! Burn him!

[–]imafryingpan 13 points14 points ago

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What sorcery is this?!?!

[–]Spr09 10 points11 points ago

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[–]rubbachkn 29 points30 points ago

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[–]sthrs 7 points8 points ago

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Does he look like a bitch?

[–]FreeDirt 5 points6 points ago

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The best game to play at drinking parties in college.

"Does he look like he just fucked his mother?"

[–]rubbachkn 1 point2 points ago

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At MIT, students put random shit on the dome like this and this and this.

It's called "hacking."

[–]Siethron 28 points29 points ago

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How does it know which one i'm looking at while it moves the others?!??!

[–]DevastatorIIC 13 points14 points ago

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Webcam. Put some electrical tape over that shit.

[–]Siethron 6 points7 points ago

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I put duck tape over it, now everytime it take my picture it does a duckface. /ohgodwhy

[–]herpbert_derpinger 18 points19 points ago

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[–]rohtozi 5 points6 points ago

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This hurts my mind much more than the OP

[–]centipedeseverywhere 5 points6 points ago

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HOW MUCH ACID DID I EAT TODAY

[–]docdnae 0 points1 point ago

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My brain is upset now.

[–]tracerbullet__pi 17 points18 points ago

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Making them stop makes me feel like a boss.

[–]centipedeseverywhere 5 points6 points ago

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YOU HAVE THIS POWER? WITCCHHHH!

[–]Heavenisatree 0 points1 point ago

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I made them stop and instantly felt like I did something badass. We should start a stationary ball club.

[–]effectsfire 7 points8 points ago

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No Charles, get out of my head Charles!

[–]anthony_king55 0 points1 point ago

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i knew i shouldnt have smoked pcp with those korean ninja's

[–]Johnnyshortcakes 8 points9 points ago

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Jesus, its like a Weeping Angle.

[–]centipedeseverywhere 5 points6 points ago

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ಠ_ಠ

[–]himejirocks 1 point2 points ago

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Can't tell if staring at Angel or upset at typo...

[–]centipedeseverywhere 1 point2 points ago

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I didn't even notice the typo because I was so terrified. . . Now it's much less threatening!

[–]DEY_SEE_ME_ROLLIN 13 points14 points ago

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they hatin'

[–]cpnHindsight 6 points7 points ago

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When you're staring intensely it feels like you're freezing time.

[–]dontmutemeplz 2 points3 points ago

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indeed, you aren't rolling; you are spinning.

[–]joseph10000 2 points3 points ago

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Goes nicely with a gin hangover.

[–]AltoidNerd 2 points3 points ago

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Does anyone else notice that the top left one isn't rolling?

[–]serasuna 0 points1 point ago

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This illusion relies on your peripheral vision (ie the one you focus on doesn't move).

[–]vxx 0 points1 point ago

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If i focus on one it stops moving completely

[–]ZgonzRawr 0 points1 point ago

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.... Yeah.

[–]rohtozi 0 points1 point ago

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I'm not the only one! No matter which one I look at the top left never moves.

[–]AltoidNerd 0 points1 point ago

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I'm using iPhone. It moved a bit when I made the image as big as possible.

[–]lord-monochromicorn 2 points3 points ago

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/r/trees would love this

[–]Morphix007 7 points8 points ago

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To make the illusion stop working, squint your eyes, not sure how this works for Asian people

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[–]Morphix007 0 points1 point ago

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I'm not American, thanks.

[–]cactusHwale 6 points7 points ago

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I dont see it

[–]Eighty-Nine 3 points4 points ago

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Especially if you see it on a small screen, i.e. your phone

[–]huddlebuddy 1 point2 points ago

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red light green light 1 2 3!

[–]christian_who 1 point2 points ago

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oh my god my eyes

[–]dingalingking 1 point2 points ago

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tryna catch me ridin' dirty...

[–]tofuzilla 1 point2 points ago

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I really like this because I hear the melody in my head when I read the first line. And then I keep hearing the melody for the second line even though it doesn't fit.

[–]scotchdolphin 1 point2 points ago

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r/woahdude would love this. And I love them. Trip hard friends!

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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Thats cool. But what the fuck are you talking about?

[–]Glenners 0 points1 point ago

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I could ask you the same thing

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Not trying to cause any trouble, its just your post has close to nothing to do with the thread.

[–]docdnae 0 points1 point ago

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No, but what does this have to do with the post? Did you accidentally comment on the wrong post? Now my brain hurts even more than the optical illusion made it hurt...

[–]AlmightyMexican 1 point2 points ago

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Also works for this.

[–]neoblackout 1 point2 points ago

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*looked up to see if it was a .gif

[–]Revenesis 1 point2 points ago

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I read this is the voice of Chamillionaire...

[–]Uglylicious99 1 point2 points ago

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they see us rollin, they hatin

[–]gwords16 0 points1 point ago

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Total mindfuck

[–]NicestPersonAlive 0 points1 point ago

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If you focus hard on them they will stop and you can start to control them spinning. I felt like I had mind powers!

[–]ItsLeviooosa 0 points1 point ago

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I sang this

[–]cheechw 0 points1 point ago

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Should be "they see us rollin', they mistakin'".

[–]Artegan 0 points1 point ago

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If you stare at the middle of the screen without blinking or focusing on any of the circles, they will stop moving.

edit: grammatical mistake

[–]Cresent04 0 points1 point ago

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Heres a fun tip: look around the image tilting your head in different directions and the circles will stay in place. Look around using your eyes and they move! [:

[–]srdrk 0 points1 point ago

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Hold your breath and they stop

[–]Klever81 0 points1 point ago

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So is it bad that they appear perfectly stationary to me?

[–]docdnae 1 point2 points ago

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You're broken.

[–]Klever81 0 points1 point ago

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Known fact.

[–]sleepeejack 0 points1 point ago

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Anybody else creepily reminded of that time they did salvia?

[–]egbert 0 points1 point ago

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I love that Weird Al song!

[–]Giantkid 0 points1 point ago

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That is the most amazingly creative post ive seen in a while. =D

[–]Captain_Aizen 0 points1 point ago

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Oh you BASRADS....

[–]Glimon_91 0 points1 point ago

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What kind of sorcery is this?!?!

[–]woakfield 0 points1 point ago

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If you stare dead center between the circles you can get them to stop. It's more challenging than it sounds.

[–]holladoub 0 points1 point ago

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woah

[–]Majinosirus 0 points1 point ago

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what is this, I dont even....

[–]butteryT 0 points1 point ago

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ELI5?

[–]IamRAGEpro 0 points1 point ago

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Witchcraft? Magic? Voodoo? All three?

[–]benjaminck 0 points1 point ago

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I love JPEG artifacts

[–]the_internet_clown 0 points1 point ago

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if you focus you can make them stop

[–]MxChamp24 0 points1 point ago

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I looked at that for a good two minutes trying to figure out why they all wouldn't move :(

[–]theFromm 0 points1 point ago

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If you look at the same spot for long enough, then they stop moving. Well, at least they do for me. SO TAKE THAT MAGICKS!

[–]mic_crispy 0 points1 point ago

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BURN THE WITCH.

[–]Ha_window 0 points1 point ago

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They don't move if you don't move you're eyes.

[–]bruik1 0 points1 point ago

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I'm really high right now, so this kinda tripped me up man...

[–]ZeroBalance98 0 points1 point ago

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They see us rollin', they hatin'

[–]HappyDays7 0 points1 point ago

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I like this one because, if you focus hard enough, they stop moving, and if you let up focus even a tiny bit they begin rolling again, and it makes me feel like I have telekinesis.

[–]theegorrila 0 points1 point ago

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stop fucking my mind!

[–]gdmuldo 0 points1 point ago

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I am pretty less than sober and I about cried trying tof igure this out in my head!

[–]PMix 0 points1 point ago

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Not sure if gif, opitcal illusion or just really drunk

[–]ivysaurus 0 points1 point ago

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well i feel really fucked up. can't stop looking...

[–]lud1120 0 points1 point ago

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I'm glad this is not a .gif but n actual braintrick.

[–]Seife 0 points1 point ago

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What really astunished me was, that I read "They hatin'" in the second line. Then noticed it after I watched the circles for 5 seconds.

[–]laidbacklife 0 points1 point ago

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WHAT IS THIS WIZZARDRY

[–]spattem 0 points1 point ago

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Circle your mouse clockwise in the middle of the picture. U mad optical illusion?

[–]SquiddLegs -1 points0 points ago

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...well shit... srsly, I just shit.

[–]Thinc_Ng_Kap -2 points-1 points ago

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*Ain't