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Al Seckel: Your brain is badly wired — enjoy it!

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http://www.ted.com Al Seckel, a cognitive neuroscientist, explores the perceptual illusions that fool our brains. Loads of eye tricks help him prove that not only are we easily fooled, we kind of like it.

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  • Im a fan of ted videos, but this one was kind of disappointing... It started out interesting... I especially liked the painting with the skull, but when they presented what they had done at the end it was pretty simple. A few of the times, they weren't illusions at all, instead an animated morph between two figures.

  • This really needs to be uploaded in HD so that we can see it properly

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  • stupid brain...

  • Wow!  Epic...boredom.

  • "I wanna violate your expectations... in a pleasing way."

    God, that sounded dirty...

  • For the BMW ad; say no to hydrogen. The well-to-wheel transportation efficiency of hydrogen is 1.0%, much lower than most methods of energy use. Be serious, as I am about energy. Research this so the truth will set you free. Many of the newly proposed energy-wise proposals are foolish. Some work. Research, discover, document & honestly promote the winners to inspire an unending chain of progress. We can all be winners if you help! Think first!

  • stop what from happening, i cant see anything but the nuts turning inside out, this is stupid, this is not science but social science for the stupid.

  • I am insulted by this. This research proves what, that scientists can purposefully marginalize what they are trying to study in order to make their inept theories seem more plausible?

  • @cagv818 Look up Lionel Magic Mountain, it explains the train. It actually goes down on a loop which runs under the table. The full video title on youtube is "Polar Express Magic Mountain Disappearing Train Layout". The track isn't the same as this one, but it uses the exact same "technology" to produce the optical illusion.

  • re: dolphins / lovers

    The illusion is called “Message of Love from the Dolpins” (Message d’Amour des Dauphins) by a Swiss artist.

    To see the outlines of the dolphins, go to

    blog.gg8.se/images/message-of-­love-from-the-dolphins/dolphin­-vase-outline.jpg

    Still don't know how the the train illusion works - annoying he didn't explain.

  • I refuse to believe the vase has dolphins

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