Woops, seems... wt hell... now it's changing time slightly?
I don't get how it changes direction, I can't seem to find a reliable way to make it change direction... but it does spin, perceptually, in only 1 direction at any given time.
The animation itself just tricks the brain at one point or another, when the lines overlap, to perceive different lines infront of other lines, forcing the cube to rotate the opposite direction.
This is the kind of thing that could make you go blind xD
Looks to me like the cube changes direction from spinning counter clockwise to spinning clockwise at about 3:29 to 3:30 (when al the lines line up exactly, giving a 2D image).
I, honest to God (despite not being religious, being quite the scientific addict myself), can't force it to spin in the other direction at ANY other time, so to me, my logic says that the animation is flawed and the cube can ONLY be perceptually be spinning in 1 direction at any given time, the animation just changes.
I'm a very good Tarot card reader, as well as using divinations of all other kinds. But I know full well most of what I do is pure guesswork. I use intuition, good sense, and some knowledge of a subject's situation to craft a story that sounds relevant. Subjects usually fill in most of the gaps for me, and ascribe to me supernatural powers. I stopped doing divinations because I couldn't convince people it's not real. It isn't right they should put so much credence in any "psychic" games.
0:56 Alzheimer's disease is not a cause of death, but simply a very severe, so far irreversible form of amnesia. My great-grandmother had Alzheimer's for about the last decade of her life. She probably died of old age.
If Brad had predicted her father was shot in the head and spoke "die" (assuming the outcome, perhaps subconsciously) then how reasonable would be to say he was entirely inaccurate when giving his answer? Was his prediction wrong, or speech?
The flaw would be psychological, in assuming the outcome of being shot in the head is death, a problem in communication. Not virtue, or the ability to see the future
The easiest way to make the cube spin either way is to watch one of the corners and imagine it spinning the other way and close your eyes keeping that thought and when you open your eyes it is spinning the other way. I can do it fairly quickly, but when I neglect picking a corner it resits flipping in my perception
I once thought there was a ghost in my room because the ribbon in my doll's hair would flutter as if in an invisible wind, but when I put my hand near it I couldn't feel anything. Turned out it was the fan in the back of my desktop computer making it move. :/ I was so dumb when I was 13.
So are my parents with me."you don't believe in God,you're an atheist!"You have a spell on you,you are possessed!"
So much that I'm already starting to wonder if these are true..It's frustrating,scarying,and shaking my tryings to be rational at all time.Everything that misses a rational explanation,god must have done it.
i can actively dissociate the cube direction switching the way it moves to will without closing my eyes. it's just a matter of simple knowledge the cube is moving both ways. had you not told me it moves the both ways, i would've assumed it only moved clockwise, and nothing further.
@manugnauinggshtrajk that is the interesting thing. You had to be told and you had to make an active effort. If neither of these things happened you would have believed what your brain told you that you were seeing without question. Its not about the ability to change the direction its the fact that once a direction is initially decided its much harder to change it than let it be.
I can only see the cube rotating clockwise. No matter how hard I try, images like those (I've seen another of a ballerina) only rotate clockwise for me. =(
@TrevorBlack79 the trick with the ballerina is to envision her extended leg swinging either towards or away from you(as i said in another comment, the trick with the cube is similar; you just pick one line).
This is so true. I keep a journal, in which I write most days. Looking back on my past journals helps me see that my memory of the event isn't always the same (and sometimes contradicts, or leaves out crucial details) as what I recorded in my journal at the time, proving that human memory is flawed. Most people who keep journals report the same thing.
Honest detail? What kind of crazy talk is that? You sound like one of them science buffs who looks at evidence and then makes decisions based on it. There's no room for that kind of nonsense in God's world.
@saizai Sorry not to get back to you on this earlier - the holidays have been crazy.
I'm afraid that one link I'd included in the description bar to the cube illusion, went down shortly after I uploaded this video, and I've not been able to find another decent version. My graphics for the other illusions were based on book illustrations, though I'll see if I can track down a website that includes (at least some of) them.
@QualiaSoup I redid the graphic and included it in my presentation @ 27C3. See video link on the presentations page of saizai.com. Thanks for the inspiration. :)
@phykick "Great video. I appreciate all of the uploads Soup."
Thanks, phykick. Most appreciated.
Another trick I use for the cube is following one corner and imagining that when it reaches the left or right, it 'bounces back' rather than follows round. It's interesting to hear people's different techniques.
@QualiaSoup the technique i used was to focus on the top vertex and watch the pendulum motion of the middle line, and then to imagine that line as if it were a rope attached to a ceiling fan. after that, it was easy to switch the apparent direction of my imaginary fan by picturing the rope swinging towards me or away from me. once i was able to control my interpretation of that one line, the rest of the shape naturally followed suit. then i could "swat" the line back and forth like a tetherball.
@QualiaSoup You turned me into quite the skeptic with that cube illustration. I stared at it, even bringing the stream back to that part several times, and found it only moved counter-clockwise. After accidentally saying, aloud, that it was a load of nonsense, my friend pointed out that it's clearly going clockwise and there's no way it's going counter-clockwise. Perfect anecdote (haha) to explain that skepticism.
well, history helps us understand past reality. , And regarding anecdotes.. Aren't our personal observations anecdotes? We trust them. unless perhaps they contradict what we know.
I watched the cube. I could've sworn it was only going in one direction. I went back and it went in the same direction, then halfway through, it switched on me. then I watched it again, and the cube went clockwise, then counterclockwise. I agree, perception is one hell of an obstacle in anecdotes.
@creepyoldman2 it may have to do with which side of your brain you used at that time there's more than moving image that show this clockwise/couterclockwise effect.
There is one issue he has yet to mention, I'm sure he's considered it however. But some ppl that happen to fall to such beliefs can possibly have psychological disorders and cannot make proper connections in their brains in order to appropriately dicern the truth. For instance, concerning the woman of whom he was speaking at first, could very well be succombing to false motivations in the brain causing her to immediately consider such a seemingly silly hypothesis. I would continue, but I don't h
@jameshanley40 and thats why history is considered a soft science. often, old texts can only be understood in context with other texts, or archaeological evidence. it should also be noted that history doesn't help us understand reality, it just helps us understand where humans came from, how events occurred, and why we are in the position that we are in. the older the historical text is, the fewer supporting claims, the less likely it is to be considered factual.
People use anecdotes a lot to make social claims about certain groups of people. just look at how fear of Muslims is carrying on in the US. Anecdotes are an easy thing to multiply to your favor on the internet. A lot of close-minded people do not use the internet to find anecdotes that challenge their own but to find people with similar experiences. The internet is just their echo chamber "My crazy idea isn't so crazy at all".
I love your videos but if carefully analyzed the rotating cube switches direction in the animation during one of the jumps, something I would assume you noticed because you are generally very thorough in your videos. Perhaps you put it in there specifically to be ironic.
Woah... that cube is freaky... I don't think concentrating helped see it move the other way. The best method I found is to briefly look away, and when you look back at it, it may be moving in the opposite direction. (If it's still moving in the same direction, look away again.) When I concentrated, I was too focused on the animation to see the change.
There are all kinds of suggestions for "making" the cube "turn the other way". Stopping the vid to "reframe" the situation is a good one, but I found that I could "make" it "flip" just by briefly focusing my eyes off to the side of the cube in the direction I wanted to see it go.
I discovered a good way to make it "flip". Pause the video while you can see all eight corners, like at 3.18 for example. Then it is simply a matter of choosing one of the two corners in the centre as the nearest to you, observe the cube like that for a second or two and restarting the video. The cube will flip right before your very eyes. You can go back to the same time, choose the other corner, and the cube will be spinning the other direction :D..it kills my brain to do it but it´s fun.
Britt misses the point and he does it to support stories as evidence. Anyone who's read a fiction know this.
Britt, it isn't relevant whether the stories that Qualia tells are true, they illustrate a point and that is their value. he not asking you to accept them as true, but as a setting to illustrate real cognitive distortion.
The human brain is one of the most magnificent outcomes of evolution...but it's far from a well-oiled machine. Even a basic understanding of the anatomy of the human eye is proof positive that not only do we hallucinate, we hallucinate every moment of our lives. It's human ego that makes so many people shy away from the idea that they might have seen what isn't there...or rather, the threat to that ego. We must accept the reality of our limitations if we want to perceive reality on the whole.
@Azadeth666 I wanted to simply up-vote your comment, but as this function doesn't seem to be available, I thought I might compliment it directly. This is an observation I myself have made and am puzzled by the resitance to it as well. I also think it has something to do with ego - but in the very specific terms of pride (eg. You're not going to tell me my resoning skilss are in any way faulty!). My advice to those troubled by this issue - get over it, I had to learn to!
well said. almost every generalization, however inaccurate has some confirming instances. Televangelists and psychic frauds exploit this by always supporting a generality with a vivid confirming instance so that when people think of that generality, they think of that confirming instance and believe it.
I knew about the spinning girl illusion. didn't realise (until now) there was a rotating cube one. I think the best part about the illusion is that sometimes the cube sort of staggers momentarily, as if unsure which 'way' to rotate.
That cube is driving me nuts. I kept telling myself... it's just an illusion.. it's just an illusion.. its just an illusion. I kept an eye on it with my peripheral vision. Only then could I see what was occuring.
I was about to call the cube bogus. It started spinning the other way at a certain point. I had to rewind the video to see it again, and it seemed to reverse at the exact same time. I was about to say something, but reflected on the video more and went back and watched again. This time it reversed at a completely different time, and when I looked away I could see it in the corner of my eye alternating back and forth.
I questioned myself and was right for doing so. Thank you!
I accidentally discovered that illusion in 6th grade when I wrote a cube animation just like that trying to figure out how some trig functions worked. The way I did it was just a bunch of points moving in an ellipse connected by lines whose radians are staggered by pi/2. If you look at it that way it is just 2 dimensional and you won't see it as a cube moving in only one direction.
oh yes!i pwned the cube! to change the direction of the cube you concentrate on One corner then really quickly switch to the corner opposite of the corner you originally picked
wow thats a way better thing then what i was doing, i was squinting till it changed directions... but man i wish i knew how they made that cube give that optical illusion
I DID IT. I CONQUERED THE CUBE. All by de-focusing and letting go. Literally making my eyes no longer see and then letting them see again. ie: I concentrated my eyes about 3cm in front of my forehead right between my eyes and then out to my temples and thereby in quick succession made my vision blurry and then moved them back to focusing on the cube and it had switched directions.
Took me awhile but I saw the cube move in both directions. I knew it had to do with the overlapping white lines forcing my brain to matrix a design as a survival mechanism but we can't overthink these things :D (Yeah we can, and you've proven it's really fun)
At 8:39- Why doesn't what you previously said about anecdotes not apply when it is "pointing the way forwards for future scientific research"?
I also love the irony that a video titled "The problem with anecdotes" opens with an anecdote!!!
To be honest, although your videos are undoubtedly quality (especially your Openmindedness one) I can't help but feel that the stories and cases you recall are perhaps slightly exaggerated and minupulated to suit your cause and enhance your point.
Anecdotes can't substitute for research, but they can prompt research.
"video ... opens with an anecdote!!!"
The opening anecdote established personal relevance - a legitimate use, as I point out. It's not presented as factual evidence.
"stories ... are perhaps slightly exaggerated"
I'm not sure what you expect me to say to that. They happened. I'm surprised you find it so incredible that someone could witness a handful of such incidents over 40 years.
I have to be honest. I was working in an old building (1911), and I heard footsteps above me. I thought it was a customer so I ran up and there was no one there. I have no idea what it could have been and I am an atheist who is a strict skeptic, but I would love to actually figure out what can cause this phenomenon. It was incredible to experience it myself. Even afterward I never once considered it to be a soul or a living being.
it's hard to tell when only you know the layout of the building though.
I've had similar things happen and like you, don't like jumping the gun, though I had to investigate and didn't find out immediately.... turns out it was air bubbles in the radiators in the room, causing a sound similar enough to what I thought I heard
@QualiaSoup say, qualia, you're clearly an intelligent person and I think you're probably some sort of scientist? ... well, anyway you've got an excellent grasp of scientific principles, I almost envie you... but I really wanted to say know was... I would REALLY REALLY like to see a video about why we don't see aliens; a video about the Fermi paradox; I would love to see your work on it :)
This one time, I could swear there was this ghost behind me. But after watching this video I know realise it was probably just some stray psionic contruct
I think what is worse is when people will buy into a phenomenon when they hear from someone about SOMEONE ELSE'S anecdote. Like, a third or fourth party retelling, and they just accept it.
It really boggles the mind that people are just uncritically accepting of the supernatural but are strangely skeptical of scientific claims supported by evidence.
Maybe people feel that science is inaccessible, that it's all constructed by boffins with fancy technologies that the layman barely knows exists, let alone can do stuff like measure data for global warming. They're data on a page, but an anecdote -happened- to someone. For some reason, the human element overpowers contrary science.
I think it's a problem of a lack of education in the fundamentals of science (the Method, &c.) and statistics.
As much as I love this video and support you in your quests for common sense and logic, being an observant skeptic myself... your retelling is an anecdote in itself.
I was aware that this might be pointed out before making the video, Idolsofwood, which is why I explain the circumstances in which anecdotes have a legitimate use ( See 8:12 ) I didn't use anecdotes here to prove facts, but to illustrate points.
Absolutely, I was mostly being a pain in the neck. I face these situations of "I saw a ghost, therefore they're real" all the time. I came across your videos tonight, and added two of them to my small collection of favourites.
These vids are awesome. It's simple stuff that should be common sense, but that most people overlook. It's nice to see rational people recognizing that the objectivity that is so often taken for granted does not come naturally to all people and sometimes must be laid out plainly.
there was this one time when i was about to sleep and it looked like some strange person or creature was in my room in a chair and i couldn't move, just slightly wiggle. since i don't believe in ghosts i had to think about what i'd seem and not just jump to that conclusion but it wasn't until while later when i learned of a phase of sleep where you are still conscious but the body prevents itself from moving.
A lot of times people think they see ghosts when its really just a shadow being cast in dim light.
But what happens when you see a completely white, transparant person in your bedroom. Staring at you. And it doesnt dissapear, so you stare at it for several moments.
What happens when it started to walk around.
What happens when this happens several times to you?
Ghosts are real. Anecdotes of seeing ghosts can be real too.
Please note, 0oTheWayToDawno0, this video isn't suggesting that anecdotes can't be true. Nor does it make the claim that 'ghosts don't exist'. If you believe ghosts are real, clearly you have your reasons. What this video is pointing out is that anecdotes alone are insufficient to establish facts.
I must say i might been hasty in lot of my own discussions as i am seeing this, but i have mostly followed the same ideas, except that i might have contradicted myself.
But this video made myself clearer of myself and then i at least can stop myself of repeating it.
Anyways, entertaining video with good pictures of your examples and simple explainations.
I think it's part of what's called overtones in reverse. When you hear a signal note you actually hear a whole variety of tones. Killers from Iron Maiden has an example of this. Those harmonics you hear between the verses are actually the note 'broken up'. If played in a standard fashion you would acually be hearing all those harmonics at once-which comprises the note.
If you play a certain chord on a piano: a type of 13th chord- I think-it produces the same kind of effect.
This reminded me of my aunt. One night we saw dancing lights in the sky. She says This was proof of the existence of aliens, and further described seeing this phenomena before. As it turns out, there was a grand opening of a business in town, and they were lights shining up into the sky.....she said after hearing this something about a cover up. I give up, lol.
If you are having trouble making the cube appear to rotate in the opposite direction, try blinking right as all of the lines meet up and you have a corner of the cube pointing right at the scree.
Or you can try blinking really fast for a couple seconds then stopping.
If you focus hard enough on the top point of the cube, it rotates in 1 direction. Then focus long enough on the very bottom point and it will spin in the other direction.
Mooby, anecdotes are basically the equivalent of a scientific hypothesis, which must be analyzed, tested, and evaluated to produce results either supporting or refuting the claim. Upon testing, a hypothesis can be revised and further evaluated in an effort to produce an accurate explanation or assumption.
In 5th grade I knew that my friends father died before anyone told me. I realized how much of it was plain dumb luck and probably recognizing the look of utter emotional pain on the woman's face who came to tell my friend about it.
Very cool! :)
lilrvrgrl69 6 months ago
Woops, seems... wt hell... now it's changing time slightly?
I don't get how it changes direction, I can't seem to find a reliable way to make it change direction... but it does spin, perceptually, in only 1 direction at any given time.
The animation itself just tricks the brain at one point or another, when the lines overlap, to perceive different lines infront of other lines, forcing the cube to rotate the opposite direction.
This is the kind of thing that could make you go blind xD
HinataLover93 6 months ago
Looks to me like the cube changes direction from spinning counter clockwise to spinning clockwise at about 3:29 to 3:30 (when al the lines line up exactly, giving a 2D image).
I, honest to God (despite not being religious, being quite the scientific addict myself), can't force it to spin in the other direction at ANY other time, so to me, my logic says that the animation is flawed and the cube can ONLY be perceptually be spinning in 1 direction at any given time, the animation just changes.
HinataLover93 6 months ago
I'm a very good Tarot card reader, as well as using divinations of all other kinds. But I know full well most of what I do is pure guesswork. I use intuition, good sense, and some knowledge of a subject's situation to craft a story that sounds relevant. Subjects usually fill in most of the gaps for me, and ascribe to me supernatural powers. I stopped doing divinations because I couldn't convince people it's not real. It isn't right they should put so much credence in any "psychic" games.
Crunchy68 6 months ago
0:56 Alzheimer's disease is not a cause of death, but simply a very severe, so far irreversible form of amnesia. My great-grandmother had Alzheimer's for about the last decade of her life. She probably died of old age.
MethanolCH3OH 6 months ago
I actually wasn't able to see the cube move the other way until I STOPPED concentrating on making it move.
HKTeeVee 6 months ago
omg it took me forever to be able to see the cube moving clockwise.
Tribefull 7 months ago
People sometimes survive being shot in the head
If Brad had predicted her father was shot in the head and spoke "die" (assuming the outcome, perhaps subconsciously) then how reasonable would be to say he was entirely inaccurate when giving his answer? Was his prediction wrong, or speech?
The flaw would be psychological, in assuming the outcome of being shot in the head is death, a problem in communication. Not virtue, or the ability to see the future
supercat821 7 months ago
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supercat821 7 months ago
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when my grandfather died i dreamt about him twice
the first time i asked him "grandpa, what does it feel like to be dead?", but i woke up before he could answer
the second time i asked again and he said "i dont know, i'm not dead" and he laughed
hehe, my mind recreated him as good humoured and joking as he was. it wasnt a ghost, but my own subconscious.....he is missed...
i guess that's why people "see ghosts" of their dead loved ones...
sabin97 7 months ago
It was difficult, but I managed to imagine that cube rotating both ways. Almost hurt myself.
gamingsoul11 7 months ago
You just mindfucked me like a 2 cent hooker with that cube. Well done.
PaleHorseWC2 7 months ago
The easiest way to make the cube spin either way is to watch one of the corners and imagine it spinning the other way and close your eyes keeping that thought and when you open your eyes it is spinning the other way. I can do it fairly quickly, but when I neglect picking a corner it resits flipping in my perception
Skinnymarks 8 months ago
I once thought there was a ghost in my room because the ribbon in my doll's hair would flutter as if in an invisible wind, but when I put my hand near it I couldn't feel anything. Turned out it was the fan in the back of my desktop computer making it move. :/ I was so dumb when I was 13.
zippythewildone 8 months ago
Anecdotes are the frosting on the cake of rigorous scientific study.
DAK4Blizzard 8 months ago
the rotating cube blew my mind.
RaggedM88 9 months ago
Blinking helps flip the image. I managed to change it several times :)
Kittyuki999 9 months ago
Yusss, I flipped the cube @ 3:30! Perception = win :)
HeyRuka 10 months ago
a single tuvan throat singer can conjure up several "virgin mary"s to harmonize with him(or her) :P
rtarbinar 10 months ago
I did it! I crossed my eyes REALLY hard and it flipped!
joshmonster94 10 months ago
that cube made my eyes hurt =). Its a brilliant demo of how the eye can be fooled
andysim232 10 months ago
So are my parents with me."you don't believe in God,you're an atheist!"You have a spell on you,you are possessed!"
So much that I'm already starting to wonder if these are true..It's frustrating,scarying,and shaking my tryings to be rational at all time.Everything that misses a rational explanation,god must have done it.
Torcika 11 months ago
Wow, the women in this video must hit the gym; they're ripped!
Kidding aside, valid points all around.
echalko 11 months ago
i can actively dissociate the cube direction switching the way it moves to will without closing my eyes. it's just a matter of simple knowledge the cube is moving both ways. had you not told me it moves the both ways, i would've assumed it only moved clockwise, and nothing further.
interesting.
manugnauinggshtrajk 11 months ago
@manugnauinggshtrajk that is the interesting thing. You had to be told and you had to make an active effort. If neither of these things happened you would have believed what your brain told you that you were seeing without question. Its not about the ability to change the direction its the fact that once a direction is initially decided its much harder to change it than let it be.
VeryApe111 10 months ago
Gah! The cube! It keeps changing direction randomly! As always, though, good video.
jumpmonkey03 11 months ago
I can only see the cube rotating clockwise. No matter how hard I try, images like those (I've seen another of a ballerina) only rotate clockwise for me. =(
TrevorBlack79 11 months ago
@TrevorBlack79 the trick with the ballerina is to envision her extended leg swinging either towards or away from you(as i said in another comment, the trick with the cube is similar; you just pick one line).
rtarbinar 10 months ago
This is so true. I keep a journal, in which I write most days. Looking back on my past journals helps me see that my memory of the event isn't always the same (and sometimes contradicts, or leaves out crucial details) as what I recorded in my journal at the time, proving that human memory is flawed. Most people who keep journals report the same thing.
BlueZephyrTG 11 months ago
I want to find a video of just that cube moving. Its just so weird to make it switch directions. it can be a little tricky.
Silentsam7532 11 months ago
Honest detail? What kind of crazy talk is that? You sound like one of them science buffs who looks at evidence and then makes decisions based on it. There's no room for that kind of nonsense in God's world.
pentupentropy 1 year ago
@pentupentropy Lulz, that sounded so fucked up, I was like "OMIPUWTFBBQ!!!1!",
then I serious'd, and then I lol'd :)
AsbjoernBrain 1 year ago
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@pentupentropy Lulz, that sounded so fucked up I was all like "OMIPUWTFBBQ!!!1!",
but then I serious'd, and then I lol'd :)
AsbjoernBrain 1 year ago
So.... It is only real if it is consistent?
anythingnew 1 year ago
Damnit Jannet!
TomDenchMusic 1 year ago
Very nice Rocky Horror reference.
Splediforous 1 year ago
Darn - I was hoping for a Hume quote...
Itsnattatooma 1 year ago
Please post links to the source of those illusions. In particular I'd like to get a high quality version of the cube illusion for a talk I'm giving.
saizai 1 year ago
@saizai Sorry not to get back to you on this earlier - the holidays have been crazy.
I'm afraid that one link I'd included in the description bar to the cube illusion, went down shortly after I uploaded this video, and I've not been able to find another decent version. My graphics for the other illusions were based on book illustrations, though I'll see if I can track down a website that includes (at least some of) them.
QualiaSoup 1 year ago
@QualiaSoup I redid the graphic and included it in my presentation @ 27C3. See video link on the presentations page of saizai.com. Thanks for the inspiration. :)
saizai 1 year ago
For those who can't see the difference for the cube, try constant blinking at half a second intervals.
awake323 1 year ago
For anyone else did the cube go back and forth a couple times in different directions?
JacktheSmack 1 year ago
@JacktheSmack I think I did, too...though that could be just my perception. ;)
GrahamCrackerStudios 1 year ago
Yo link is down
caschoener 1 year ago
@caschoener Cheers. I'll see if I can track down another example.
QualiaSoup 1 year ago
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MrBigEnchilada 1 year ago
Great video. I appreciate all of the uploads Soup.
And as for the cube thing, I've found that blinking rapidly or looking away from the screen for a second causes the cube to "switch" direction.
phykick 1 year ago
@phykick "Great video. I appreciate all of the uploads Soup."
Thanks, phykick. Most appreciated.
Another trick I use for the cube is following one corner and imagining that when it reaches the left or right, it 'bounces back' rather than follows round. It's interesting to hear people's different techniques.
QualiaSoup 1 year ago
@QualiaSoup the technique i used was to focus on the top vertex and watch the pendulum motion of the middle line, and then to imagine that line as if it were a rope attached to a ceiling fan. after that, it was easy to switch the apparent direction of my imaginary fan by picturing the rope swinging towards me or away from me. once i was able to control my interpretation of that one line, the rest of the shape naturally followed suit. then i could "swat" the line back and forth like a tetherball.
rtarbinar 10 months ago
wow, i just realized your technique is exactly the same; you just articulated it much more concisely. *wipes the egg off his face*
rtarbinar 10 months ago
@QualiaSoup You turned me into quite the skeptic with that cube illustration. I stared at it, even bringing the stream back to that part several times, and found it only moved counter-clockwise. After accidentally saying, aloud, that it was a load of nonsense, my friend pointed out that it's clearly going clockwise and there's no way it's going counter-clockwise. Perfect anecdote (haha) to explain that skepticism.
zunee27 7 months ago
aaah, yes, breathe in that SWEEET logic.
pandapalace11 1 year ago
well, history helps us understand past reality. , And regarding anecdotes.. Aren't our personal observations anecdotes? We trust them. unless perhaps they contradict what we know.
jameshanley40 1 year ago
I watched the cube. I could've sworn it was only going in one direction. I went back and it went in the same direction, then halfway through, it switched on me. then I watched it again, and the cube went clockwise, then counterclockwise. I agree, perception is one hell of an obstacle in anecdotes.
creepyoldman2 1 year ago
@creepyoldman2 it may have to do with which side of your brain you used at that time there's more than moving image that show this clockwise/couterclockwise effect.
MrBigEnchilada 1 year ago
There is one issue he has yet to mention, I'm sure he's considered it however. But some ppl that happen to fall to such beliefs can possibly have psychological disorders and cannot make proper connections in their brains in order to appropriately dicern the truth. For instance, concerning the woman of whom he was speaking at first, could very well be succombing to false motivations in the brain causing her to immediately consider such a seemingly silly hypothesis. I would continue, but I don't h
jacobytyler 1 year ago
You have rather dim friends.
avielMenter 1 year ago
How about the validity of anecdotes.. for understanding reality. History uses them doesn't it?
jameshanley40 1 year ago
@jameshanley40 and thats why history is considered a soft science. often, old texts can only be understood in context with other texts, or archaeological evidence. it should also be noted that history doesn't help us understand reality, it just helps us understand where humans came from, how events occurred, and why we are in the position that we are in. the older the historical text is, the fewer supporting claims, the less likely it is to be considered factual.
creepyoldman2 1 year ago
@creepyoldman2 history is written by winners and those in power. Those who have the power to write history have the power to manipulate it.
MrBigEnchilada 1 year ago
@MrBigEnchilada I agree- this is another one of those things that contributes to history being a soft science.
creepyoldman2 1 year ago
I second Krowges notion, it's an infuriating cube.
I tried to focus on a corner and couldn't control the direction, suddenly it switched and I couldn't repeat it
Sutskoen 1 year ago
The cube has flipped for me 7 or 8 times (watched it twice) but I couldn't control when will it happen can you explain it to me?
Krowges 1 year ago
People use anecdotes a lot to make social claims about certain groups of people. just look at how fear of Muslims is carrying on in the US. Anecdotes are an easy thing to multiply to your favor on the internet. A lot of close-minded people do not use the internet to find anecdotes that challenge their own but to find people with similar experiences. The internet is just their echo chamber "My crazy idea isn't so crazy at all".
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TarynViviana 1 year ago
Another brilliant vid by QualiaSoup!
shunyotube 1 year ago
I love your videos but if carefully analyzed the rotating cube switches direction in the animation during one of the jumps, something I would assume you noticed because you are generally very thorough in your videos. Perhaps you put it in there specifically to be ironic.
tehsquishyone 1 year ago
Magnets!!!
slyfox453 1 year ago
Brad and Janet? Is this another Rocky Horror reference making its way into science?
AlexandriaM 1 year ago
These presentations should be presented to all school-aged children as required viewing.
drunkdeaddude 1 year ago
R.I.P. "Brad's" friend's dad. S!
Hrimpurstala 1 year ago
While I agree with pretty much everything in this video, why does he start with an ancedotal story about why ancedotal stories don't work.
Houshalter 1 year ago
Woah... that cube is freaky... I don't think concentrating helped see it move the other way. The best method I found is to briefly look away, and when you look back at it, it may be moving in the opposite direction. (If it's still moving in the same direction, look away again.) When I concentrated, I was too focused on the animation to see the change.
lgbuzals 1 year ago
There are all kinds of suggestions for "making" the cube "turn the other way". Stopping the vid to "reframe" the situation is a good one, but I found that I could "make" it "flip" just by briefly focusing my eyes off to the side of the cube in the direction I wanted to see it go.
SnarkLicker 1 year ago
I hate anecdotes now
bobplatypus 1 year ago
I discovered a good way to make it "flip". Pause the video while you can see all eight corners, like at 3.18 for example. Then it is simply a matter of choosing one of the two corners in the centre as the nearest to you, observe the cube like that for a second or two and restarting the video. The cube will flip right before your very eyes. You can go back to the same time, choose the other corner, and the cube will be spinning the other direction :D..it kills my brain to do it but it´s fun.
Korkzor 1 year ago
3:20
Fuck my life.
TheWhiteRabbit1990 1 year ago
@TheWhiteRabbit1990 Um...why?
GodofCider 1 year ago
What a great video!
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"Not so long ago a friend of mine - let's call her Janet . tried to convince me...."
Do you really expect people to accept your anecdotes as evidence that anecdotes can be grossly misleading?
PaulZacharyMartin 1 year ago
"Not so long ago a friend of mine - let's call her Janet . tried to convince me...."
Do you really expect people to accept your anecdotes as evidence that anecdotes can be grossly misleading?
PaulZacharyMartin 1 year ago
@PaulZacharyMartin
It might work on people who are easily mislead by anecdotes. I supposed it serves the point.
I agree that the anecdote is treated as evidence.
Hrimpurstala 1 year ago
Ridiculous superstition... brought to you by confirmation bias!
phoenixshade3 1 year ago
Britt misses the point and he does it to support stories as evidence. Anyone who's read a fiction know this.
Britt, it isn't relevant whether the stories that Qualia tells are true, they illustrate a point and that is their value. he not asking you to accept them as true, but as a setting to illustrate real cognitive distortion.
t0xyg3n 1 year ago
The human brain is one of the most magnificent outcomes of evolution...but it's far from a well-oiled machine. Even a basic understanding of the anatomy of the human eye is proof positive that not only do we hallucinate, we hallucinate every moment of our lives. It's human ego that makes so many people shy away from the idea that they might have seen what isn't there...or rather, the threat to that ego. We must accept the reality of our limitations if we want to perceive reality on the whole.
Azadeth666 1 year ago
@Azadeth666 I wanted to simply up-vote your comment, but as this function doesn't seem to be available, I thought I might compliment it directly. This is an observation I myself have made and am puzzled by the resitance to it as well. I also think it has something to do with ego - but in the very specific terms of pride (eg. You're not going to tell me my resoning skilss are in any way faulty!). My advice to those troubled by this issue - get over it, I had to learn to!
steveb0503 1 year ago
Thanks for very educational video. Just suscribed!
Spleep007 1 year ago
@Spleep007 actually I subscribed. :\
Spleep007 1 year ago
Another good video. I'm gonna subscribe to you.
Cloud20987 1 year ago
The way i get it to 'flip' is looking to the side of it, and then quickly shifting my view to the otherside of it.
JamesJimRaynor 1 year ago
Great video!!!!!!!
Maartenn100 1 year ago
Very cool. But I'm confused.. are you theremin trees?
LordNapalm 1 year ago
@LordNapalm I think they are brothers.
olasonn 1 year ago
well said. almost every generalization, however inaccurate has some confirming instances. Televangelists and psychic frauds exploit this by always supporting a generality with a vivid confirming instance so that when people think of that generality, they think of that confirming instance and believe it.
shaneho78 1 year ago
I knew about the spinning girl illusion. didn't realise (until now) there was a rotating cube one. I think the best part about the illusion is that sometimes the cube sort of staggers momentarily, as if unsure which 'way' to rotate.
shaneho78 1 year ago
That cube is driving me nuts. I kept telling myself... it's just an illusion.. it's just an illusion.. its just an illusion. I kept an eye on it with my peripheral vision. Only then could I see what was occuring.
DearestyouXII 1 year ago
Your cube seems to be moving a bit choppy. It seems to waver and wobbly slightly as it rotates, as if viewed underwater, though more subtly.
But yes, I can get it to rotate both ways.
The other illusions do not really work on me. I tried.
1RadicalOne 1 year ago
The cube is choppy, and the other ones seem to work poorly through youtube, but they definitely do work.
cedqwig 1 year ago
I tried several times; I cannot get them to work.
1RadicalOne 1 year ago
I could watch that cube all day!
ChaoticSupernova 1 year ago
Wow, I can flip the cube each time it rotates 180 degrees.
Daruqe 1 year ago
I was about to call the cube bogus. It started spinning the other way at a certain point. I had to rewind the video to see it again, and it seemed to reverse at the exact same time. I was about to say something, but reflected on the video more and went back and watched again. This time it reversed at a completely different time, and when I looked away I could see it in the corner of my eye alternating back and forth.
I questioned myself and was right for doing so. Thank you!
malignantpoodle 1 year ago
Woah... That cube was spinning one direction, then started alterning direction even when I was looking at it... Cool illusion.
Epix101 1 year ago
I'm curious about that Quintina thing, I'd like to find an example of it but youtube isn't being helpful.
AbbeyNormal 2 years ago
@AbbeyNormal I'm having the same problem :(
everclearfan706 1 year ago
I accidentally discovered that illusion in 6th grade when I wrote a cube animation just like that trying to figure out how some trig functions worked. The way I did it was just a bunch of points moving in an ellipse connected by lines whose radians are staggered by pi/2. If you look at it that way it is just 2 dimensional and you won't see it as a cube moving in only one direction.
Ormaaj 2 years ago
the cube switched and i thought it was part of the video, so i went back and oh my god its still going that way. great vid
Bubblybum123 2 years ago
That cube blows my mind!!
ChaoticSupernova 2 years ago
I stared at the cube and it just kept spinning clockwise, then I looked away for a while and it started going the other way when I looked again.
JaquitoBueno 2 years ago
It's so strange when you get that cube to switch directions :)
funincluded 2 years ago
Bastard! That cube drove me nuts!
Cool video, keep it up.
SkyDoginthetube 2 years ago
let's call him Brad
Pandemoniumization 2 years ago
I love your videos. Very well done.
sciocont 2 years ago
Interesting you started this off with an anecdote
Whitecatcb 2 years ago
I would say an illustration is closer... ;)
Swiftyo0 2 years ago
@Whitecatcb I'd assume that was the joke...
Troypodiopsyndrome 2 years ago
Lets call him Brad
sillycatcp 2 years ago
lets call that awesome
Pandemoniumization 2 years ago
Synchronicity is sadly the beloved target of many of this paranormal freaks...
Nurockie 2 years ago
I loved your video! great work :)
ekaye86 2 years ago
I heard Janet is a slut and that brad is an asshole.
metareborn 2 years ago
lulz!
LordLanceJH 2 years ago
When I was a Christian - anecdotes were the life-blood of the Church.
I wish people would see it as immoral.
hybridamerica 2 years ago
@hybridamerica
i do
xenophobe76 2 years ago
@xenophobe76
Then congratulations!
You are ahead of your time.
hybridamerica 2 years ago
oh yes!i pwned the cube! to change the direction of the cube you concentrate on One corner then really quickly switch to the corner opposite of the corner you originally picked
rellibelly1 2 years ago
@rellibelly1
wow thats a way better thing then what i was doing, i was squinting till it changed directions... but man i wish i knew how they made that cube give that optical illusion
flangleelgnalf 2 years ago
I was really happy when the cube flipped
thanks for all the videos QS, I've been finding them useful in my philosophy lessons - it's full of christians spouting anecdotes.
ddemonicflame 2 years ago 2
I DID IT. I CONQUERED THE CUBE. All by de-focusing and letting go. Literally making my eyes no longer see and then letting them see again. ie: I concentrated my eyes about 3cm in front of my forehead right between my eyes and then out to my temples and thereby in quick succession made my vision blurry and then moved them back to focusing on the cube and it had switched directions.
qwertyzz7 2 years ago
Took me awhile but I saw the cube move in both directions. I knew it had to do with the overlapping white lines forcing my brain to matrix a design as a survival mechanism but we can't overthink these things :D (Yeah we can, and you've proven it's really fun)
Makotoichio 2 years ago
Great stuff!
Jotto999 2 years ago
By the way, QualiaSoup. Your voice reminds me of the voice of the main character Don in the TV program "How Not To Live Your Life".
BrittAndrewProwd 2 years ago
At 8:39- Why doesn't what you previously said about anecdotes not apply when it is "pointing the way forwards for future scientific research"?
I also love the irony that a video titled "The problem with anecdotes" opens with an anecdote!!!
To be honest, although your videos are undoubtedly quality (especially your Openmindedness one) I can't help but feel that the stories and cases you recall are perhaps slightly exaggerated and minupulated to suit your cause and enhance your point.
BrittAndrewProwd 2 years ago
"Why doesn't ... apply when..."
Anecdotes can't substitute for research, but they can prompt research.
"video ... opens with an anecdote!!!"
The opening anecdote established personal relevance - a legitimate use, as I point out. It's not presented as factual evidence.
"stories ... are perhaps slightly exaggerated"
I'm not sure what you expect me to say to that. They happened. I'm surprised you find it so incredible that someone could witness a handful of such incidents over 40 years.
QualiaSoup 2 years ago
"I'm not sure what you expect me to say to that. They happened."
Okay, fair enough. I take back what I said and I apologise for it
"The opening anecdote established personal relevance - a legitimate use, as I point out. It's not presented as factual evidence"
BrittAndrewProwd 2 years ago
"Okay, fair enough. I take back what I said and I apologise for it"
You're a gentleman, sir. That's most appreciated. ;^>
QualiaSoup 2 years ago
I have to be honest. I was working in an old building (1911), and I heard footsteps above me. I thought it was a customer so I ran up and there was no one there. I have no idea what it could have been and I am an atheist who is a strict skeptic, but I would love to actually figure out what can cause this phenomenon. It was incredible to experience it myself. Even afterward I never once considered it to be a soul or a living being.
Makotoichio 2 years ago
it's hard to tell when only you know the layout of the building though.
I've had similar things happen and like you, don't like jumping the gun, though I had to investigate and didn't find out immediately.... turns out it was air bubbles in the radiators in the room, causing a sound similar enough to what I thought I heard
Sutskoen 2 years ago
@QualiaSoup say, qualia, you're clearly an intelligent person and I think you're probably some sort of scientist? ... well, anyway you've got an excellent grasp of scientific principles, I almost envie you... but I really wanted to say know was... I would REALLY REALLY like to see a video about why we don't see aliens; a video about the Fermi paradox; I would love to see your work on it :)
bbphnix 1 year ago
@QualiaSoup I thought you were just using it as an example/illustration.
Which IS a legitimate use of anecdotes.
Surhotchaperchlorome 2 years ago
This one time, I could swear there was this ghost behind me. But after watching this video I know realise it was probably just some stray psionic contruct
csvddgcgzfbsjvcgzjgu 2 years ago
I once was drop kicked by Jesus for eating a baloney sandwich. You have to believe me.
cryingsoftly 2 years ago
I think what is worse is when people will buy into a phenomenon when they hear from someone about SOMEONE ELSE'S anecdote. Like, a third or fourth party retelling, and they just accept it.
It really boggles the mind that people are just uncritically accepting of the supernatural but are strangely skeptical of scientific claims supported by evidence.
shade1978x 2 years ago 2
Maybe people feel that science is inaccessible, that it's all constructed by boffins with fancy technologies that the layman barely knows exists, let alone can do stuff like measure data for global warming. They're data on a page, but an anecdote -happened- to someone. For some reason, the human element overpowers contrary science.
I think it's a problem of a lack of education in the fundamentals of science (the Method, &c.) and statistics.
But more data are needed to confirm.
BobTim 2 years ago
Deductive reasoning goes a long way.
zeth609 2 years ago
As much as I love this video and support you in your quests for common sense and logic, being an observant skeptic myself... your retelling is an anecdote in itself.
;)
Idolsofwood 2 years ago
"your retelling is an anecdote in itself."
I was aware that this might be pointed out before making the video, Idolsofwood, which is why I explain the circumstances in which anecdotes have a legitimate use ( See 8:12 ) I didn't use anecdotes here to prove facts, but to illustrate points.
QualiaSoup 2 years ago
Absolutely, I was mostly being a pain in the neck. I face these situations of "I saw a ghost, therefore they're real" all the time. I came across your videos tonight, and added two of them to my small collection of favourites.
Idolsofwood 2 years ago
See 8:12??
Why is it that only anecdotes are valid when they allign or support with you personal beliefs??
BrittAndrewProwd 2 years ago
"Why is it that only anecdotes are valid when they allign or support with you personal beliefs??"
That's not what was being said at all, BrittAndrewProud. The legitimate uses I list don't inherently support any position or personal belief.
QualiaSoup 2 years ago
Nice video. You misspelled 'skeptics' at 6:23 though.
bballbackus 2 years ago
British spell 'skeptics' with a 'c'.
kilmarp 2 years ago 3
Oh wow, I never knew that. Thanks.
bballbackus 2 years ago
These vids are awesome. It's simple stuff that should be common sense, but that most people overlook. It's nice to see rational people recognizing that the objectivity that is so often taken for granted does not come naturally to all people and sometimes must be laid out plainly.
prolefeedprocessor 2 years ago 5
All of your videos are great, i defiently can't pick just one, i watch them all the time.
lilgrlkissesnhugs 2 years ago 2
Thanks very much, lilgrlkissesnhugs! I'm delighted you've been enjoying them. ;^>
QualiaSoup 2 years ago
Absolutely great. There is not one single video that deserve less than a 5-star vote.
Fantastic. Thank you for the wonderful job.
jvictorthegreat 2 years ago
Thanks very much, jvictor. I really appreciate your kind words. ;^>
QualiaSoup 2 years ago
there was this one time when i was about to sleep and it looked like some strange person or creature was in my room in a chair and i couldn't move, just slightly wiggle. since i don't believe in ghosts i had to think about what i'd seem and not just jump to that conclusion but it wasn't until while later when i learned of a phase of sleep where you are still conscious but the body prevents itself from moving.
PikminDS 2 years ago
I agree. Not everything has to be paranormal.
A lot of times people think they see ghosts when its really just a shadow being cast in dim light.
But what happens when you see a completely white, transparant person in your bedroom. Staring at you. And it doesnt dissapear, so you stare at it for several moments.
What happens when it started to walk around.
What happens when this happens several times to you?
Ghosts are real. Anecdotes of seeing ghosts can be real too.
0oTheWayToDawno0 2 years ago
that's very open-minded of you.
Saristas711 2 years ago
"Anecdotes of seeing ghosts can be real"
Please note, 0oTheWayToDawno0, this video isn't suggesting that anecdotes can't be true. Nor does it make the claim that 'ghosts don't exist'. If you believe ghosts are real, clearly you have your reasons. What this video is pointing out is that anecdotes alone are insufficient to establish facts.
QualiaSoup 2 years ago
I must say i might been hasty in lot of my own discussions as i am seeing this, but i have mostly followed the same ideas, except that i might have contradicted myself.
But this video made myself clearer of myself and then i at least can stop myself of repeating it.
Anyways, entertaining video with good pictures of your examples and simple explainations.
So well done.
dr4coknight 2 years ago
lad, you're underestimating the third eye. If you want to find reason for it, you'll never reach it.
newpattern 2 years ago
Who are you calling 'lad'? I'm twice your age...*young man* Lol!
QualiaSoup 2 years ago
got any links for quintina? that link on the sidebar doesn't work for me
cheetmeister 2 years ago
I think it's part of what's called overtones in reverse. When you hear a signal note you actually hear a whole variety of tones. Killers from Iron Maiden has an example of this. Those harmonics you hear between the verses are actually the note 'broken up'. If played in a standard fashion you would acually be hearing all those harmonics at once-which comprises the note.
If you play a certain chord on a piano: a type of 13th chord- I think-it produces the same kind of effect.
pollylodges 2 years ago
Absolutely irrefutable logic.
Kitsua 2 years ago 6
@Kitsua it's like he's Spock...... I mean a realistic one...
bbphnix 1 year ago
I very much appreciate your style of presentation.
AronRa 2 years ago 12
This reminded me of my aunt. One night we saw dancing lights in the sky. She says This was proof of the existence of aliens, and further described seeing this phenomena before. As it turns out, there was a grand opening of a business in town, and they were lights shining up into the sky.....she said after hearing this something about a cover up. I give up, lol.
skywize 2 years ago 6
If you are having trouble making the cube appear to rotate in the opposite direction, try blinking right as all of the lines meet up and you have a corner of the cube pointing right at the scree.
Or you can try blinking really fast for a couple seconds then stopping.
ThirdEyeLight 2 years ago
If you focus hard enough on the top point of the cube, it rotates in 1 direction. Then focus long enough on the very bottom point and it will spin in the other direction.
raby760 2 years ago
it even helps if you cover most of the cube with your hand so that you only see the top or bottom points of the cube.
raby760 2 years ago
Mooby, anecdotes are basically the equivalent of a scientific hypothesis, which must be analyzed, tested, and evaluated to produce results either supporting or refuting the claim. Upon testing, a hypothesis can be revised and further evaluated in an effort to produce an accurate explanation or assumption.
stonz42 2 years ago
In 5th grade I knew that my friends father died before anyone told me. I realized how much of it was plain dumb luck and probably recognizing the look of utter emotional pain on the woman's face who came to tell my friend about it.
ThirdEyeLight 2 years ago 3
I find it quite funny that he uses anecdotes to warn about anecdotes.
Moobythegoldensock 2 years ago