Check out the cool illusion

[kanrok]

This is pretty cool.
http://www.patmedia.net/marklevinson/cool/cool_illusion.html

[kanrok]

1. Yeah, that's pretty cool!

[trof]

2. Not cool. WEIRD!

wow

[kanrok]

3. You can will it back to pink.

Try it.

[DemoTex]

16. Scary too. Reminds me of the Ishihara color vision charts.

I wonder if the flight surgeons know about this. Something else to worry about. There are two ways to come out of the flight surgeon's office: well or grounded.

[lovelaureng]

4. That is cool!

[Greyskye]

5. nifty

[Roon]

6. Awwww!!

Kisses for Bobby!

[Az]

7. It really does show us that what we see is not reality

Not only does our mind not see reality we do not see what is going on at exactly this moment. What we see is a sliver of a moment behind what really happened. It takes time for the signals from the eye to reach the brain. Then it takes time for the processing centers of the brain to interpret the input and translate it to a relevant picture which is eventualy transmitted to our coscious mind. And by that time it has passed through so many filters. Reality. It ain't what you think it is.

[usedtobesick]

8. That is really cool,

I know it has something to do with the fact that green is the opposite of pink. If you watch it just once and close your eyes you get the same effect.

[ghostsofgiants]

9. ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterimage

[Az]

10. If people studied more about the mind I think it would blow their mind

So to speak. The brain really is a wonderous thing. We learn to accept our view of the world around us as the current and full state of things. But nothing could be further than the truth. What you see is not now and not reality. Its a pretty good facsimily of reality and its not too far behind "now". But a difference is a difference.

[haydukelives]

11. Kick

Thanks for posting

[Straight Shooter]

12. Whoa.

When I blink, the pink dots come back. Still, this little experiment is rather amazing. Thanks for the link and the fun. :thumbsup:

[Floogeldy]

13. Thanks. It's the ninth time I've seen it here in the last month.

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[Heidi]

14. Same here.

Plus I've received it in email about a jillion times. :(

[kanrok]

15. Excellent. Feel free to ignore it then.