The Illusion Only Some People Can See
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3 роки томуAmes window illusion illustrates how we don't directly perceive external reality. Special Holiday deal! Go to NordVPN.com/veritasium and use code VERITASIUM to get 68% off a 2 year plan plus 4 additional months free. It’s risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee!
Special thanks to:
Prof. Phil Kellman from UCLA Psychology kellmanlab.psych.ucla.edu
Museum of Illusions in Los Angeles for the use of their Ames Room laillusions.com
Curiosity Show - Video on Ames Illusion: • The Magical, Mystical,...
References:
Ames, A., Jr. (1951). Visual perception and the rotating trapezoidal window. Psychological Monographs: General and Applied, 65(7), i-32. doi.org/10.1037/h0093600
Marcel de Heer & Thomas V. Papathomas (2017) The Ames Window Illusion and Its Variations
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199794607.003.0014
Oross, Stephen, Francis, Ellie, Mauk, Deborah & Fox, Robert. (1987). The Ames Window Illusion: Perception of Illusory Motion by Human Infants. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 13(4), 609-613.
Behrens, R. (1987). The Life and Unusual Ideas of Adelbert Ames, Jr. Leonardo, 20(3), 273-279. doi:10.2307/1578173
Burnham, C., & Ono, H. (1969). Variables Altering Perception of the Rotating Trapezoidal Illusion. The American Journal of Psychology, 82(1), 86-95. doi:10.2307/1420609
Allport, G. W., & Pettigrew, T. F. (1957). Cultural influence on the perception of movement: The trapezoidal illusion among Zulus. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 55(1), 104-113. doi.org/10.1037/h0049372
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Gehringer, W. L., & Engel, E. (1986). Effect of ecological viewing conditions on the Ames' distorted room illusion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 12(2), 181-185. doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.12....
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V. Mary Stewart (1974) A Cross-Cultural Test of the “Carpentered World” Hypothesis Using The Ames Distorted Room Illusion, International Journal of Psychology, 9:2, 79-89, DOI: 10.1080/00207597408247094
Margaret Kathleen Cappone (1966) The Effect of Verbal Suggestion on the Reversal Rate of the Ames Trapezoid Illusion, The Journal of Psychology, 62:2, 211-219, DOI: 10.1080/00223980.1966.10543786
Researched and written by Petr Lebedev and Derek Muller
Filmed by Derek Muller and Raquel Nuno
Animations, VFX, and Music by Jonny Hyman
Ames Room VFX and additional Ames Window animation by Nicolas Pratt
Additional Music from epidemicsound.com "Life in Color" "Singularity"
Large Ames window construction by GW Construction
Video supplied by Getty Images
@MakersMuse 3 роки тому
Dude, the example with the rubix cube absolutely broke me. Even if you try to cheat and look at an edge it still tricks you. The Curiosity Show is a goldmine!
@hegmonster 3 роки тому
Made me kind of nauseas. Must be what HP Lovecraft meant by non-euclidean geometry.
@jakeengland1430 3 роки тому
well hello there are we going to be seeing this in one of your next puzzle boxes ?
@Orroset 3 роки тому
The only way I could help my subconscious understand, is if I pause, and frame by frame tell my subconscious side what's going on..
@ScottBub 3 роки тому
Try looking at the small end of the rotating object and force your sight to see the rotation. It doesn’t work every time for me, but got it to work a couple/few times.
@erikig 3 роки тому
When you try to think outside the box, but your brain is the box
@garryheywood1 2 роки тому
This has gotta be the most disturbing illusion I have ever seen, no matter how hard I try to beat it, it gets me every time.
@DrakyHRT 2 роки тому
What is most disturbing ? the fact that you're consciously trying to beat the illusion but you can't, or the fact that even if you try your hardest, your conscious self will never be able to outrule your inscouscious self ?.
@terbilal4781 2 роки тому
@@DrakyHRT true
@emerysancho7601 2 роки тому
same
@quietobserver7326 2 роки тому
I got it the first time, but now I cant get it
@TAKE_BACK_BRITAIN 2 роки тому
I was able to beat it after a little bit of focus.
@Incepter. Рік тому
The Ames Window Illusion is just so mind-boggling to me, no matter how much I tried to trick it, it always seems to me that it is oscillating.
@notexist9726 27 днів тому
Try looking it on in front of you so you see it as 3d, not some flat screen.
@SouthernWolff Рік тому
The only time I was able to see it NOT oscillating, was toward the late middle portion of the video ( 11:58 ) , when you were showing the jumbo window spinning, shot from outside of your (real) window. I was able to follow the under/bottomside of the lower corner of the short side in a full 360° spin. If I diverted my attention to any other portion of the spinning window, it appeared to oscillate.
@aaraizashraf8736 Рік тому
same
@lalitjain1969 Рік тому
Same man
@Min_Ye_Lin 10 місяців тому
Supposed to happen
@ZphyZphyer 10 місяців тому
Same
@bryanrmcnair01 4 місяці тому
Yet the cable holding it up didn even complete the rotation?
@perstouch40 3 роки тому
“My Brain prefers the illusion, rather than what’s actually happening”......if this isn’t 2020 in a nutshell lol
@patrickli3684 3 роки тому
At least we can say goodbye to 2020 tommorow
@zoosandwapes 3 роки тому
@@physicschemistryandquantum810 So you’re the Indian guy from UKposts that our teachers show us?
@Zelmel 3 роки тому
Once learning exactly how it works, I can see the rotation if I really focus, but it takes real mental effort. Such an awesome illusion.
@young-stove 3 роки тому
That’s the entirety of the human experience in a nutshell
@kaizokujimbei143 3 роки тому
@@Zelmel Yeah.
@MofoMan2000 2 роки тому
What's even better is when you can consciously "switch" the illusion on and off in your mind. Or essentially see both perspectives at once.
@benjamin5370 2 роки тому
Thought I was the only one
@squirreljr1969 2 роки тому
@@benjamin5370 same
@jimmyjones4588 2 роки тому
You feel the weird tingle in the front of your skull the first time or just me?
@Thoroughly_Wet 2 роки тому
Ikr
@Orwaha 2 роки тому
I can do this with the blue and black dress. I turn it white and gold and back.
@effychase62 Рік тому
I first became aware of this illusion while in person at Six Flags in Atlanta, Georgia back in the early 70's when, after stepping into a "Room", the perceived perception of depths & distance conflicted with my natural understanding of the world. I was maybe 11 years old back then and the illusion imprinted on me. Thes explanation from this video helped explain the perception.
@darinheinz 6 місяців тому
The "Ames Room" was named for American opthalmologist Adelbert Ames, Jr., who also created the first illusion.
@PlaDohDudes 2 місяці тому
Yeah
@sorio99 Рік тому
For some reason (possibly just memories from the first time I ever saw it), I always see the skull in the painting as a skull, just warped like it was skewed in Photoshop. Honestly, just impresses me that Holbein was able to do that with paint.
@fiddley 3 роки тому
Ruler: Seamlessly slides through matter, which is impossible My Brain: I'm ok with this
@SplendidFellow 3 роки тому
Not necessarily impossible
@Scribe13013 3 роки тому
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@Icemario87 3 роки тому
@@Scribe13013 Hey bro, this is not how you advertise your music. Try another tactic.
@pelegitay 3 роки тому
I'll be laughing quite a while at that remark. thanks!
@avedic 3 роки тому
I like how your brain is forced to chose one of two impossibilities.... Either this window _isn't_ perfectly rectangular.....OR.....solid objects _can move indiscriminately through other solid objects._ And everyone's brain goes with option #2. I guess our brains just cannot FATHOM a window not being perfectly constructed. Why, that would be impossible. Objects travelling through each other though? Sure, why not....there's a first time for everything. Way to go brain.
@jrsmth11 3 роки тому
I'm screaming at my brain: "STOP SEEING THE ILLUSION!!!" But I can't stop seeing it!
@shilyarrmee 3 роки тому
I’ve seen illusions like this before (Brain game), so I knew what was happening. Though it was hard, but I could turn it off here and there.
@saltedfrys5912 3 роки тому
I saw it for like a second
@kellycollins3516 3 роки тому
Wow I get it now😁
@googleimgsearchfirmwaredownloa 3 роки тому
yes. there is that one moment where you nail it but then it ends immediately.
@SaintMatthieuSimard 3 роки тому
@@shilyarrmee Even knowing what's happening, synchronizing sight with the illusion remains difficult and the illusion, persistant! lol... The dancing ballerine and the mario bros spinning coin are fine examples too! The coin spins in both directions simultaneously lol
@jimmyispromo Рік тому
When I first watched it. The very beginning, I was able to watch it rotate 100%. The second I heard the host say it was an illusion and oscillates, then I couldn't go back. Kinda frustrating now lol
@jimmyispromo Рік тому
Finally, at 11:50 I was able to watch it rotate again. It is all about lighting.
@indyduinmeijer6435 Рік тому
You’re right I could see it rotate there
@thefamousdjx 2 місяці тому
Well illusions are always about something smh
@ArkayForYT 3 роки тому
I love how this guy tricks us into gaining knowledge.
@NoOne-we5jh 3 роки тому
Friking legend
@graxo3752 3 роки тому
You played yourself.
@NoOne-we5jh 3 роки тому
@@graxo3752 Congrats
@r.natari 3 роки тому
Lol
@normanweishaar3720 3 роки тому
@@NoOne-we5jh 1
@mattiarubio3240 3 роки тому
Me after re-watching the video 5 times and finally seeing it rotate “Finally, inner peace”
@willywonka3050 3 роки тому
I saw it rotate after he showed the big window with natural lighting. Before that I had no idea how it worked.
@mattiarubio3240 3 роки тому
@@willywonka3050 me too
@TN-br9yl 3 роки тому
Same here. However, if we're never told that the window is actually rotating, we would never know.
@no_thing_378 3 роки тому
@@TN-br9yl So basically knowledge shapes experience it seems... This is profound.
@soniclechat2825 3 роки тому
sorry pal i knew it was 2d really fast :') between the camera angle and the light reflection it jsut gave it away
@brandontylerburt Рік тому
I wanted to search for "Ames Window Illusion" when I heard Alan Watts talking about it in one of his lectures. The description didn't prepare me. It's really quite remarkable, particularly with Derek hanging halfway out of it.
@lightningfirst689 3 місяці тому
With the big window, I actually perceive it as continuing to rotate up until the moment it's edge-on. After that, my perception flips, and I see it coming "back" from an oscillation that I never saw in the first place.
@Mojikaji Місяць тому
Same for me. Most people see it go about 180 one way then 180 the other. I see like 240 and then 120 which looks even worse because it just suddenly switches ossalation mid spin
@shadesoftime 3 роки тому
When you attached the rubik's cube to the thing, you thought it'll be less confusing. But it actually got worse.
@YingYing-og5wd 2 роки тому
It gets easier for me
@lavinissensonthecommenter4197 2 роки тому
I could see the normal windows as 2D
@candypg1 2 роки тому
@@lavinissensonthecommenter4197 cool? That’s not the illusion tho
@gabrielrabelo4968 2 роки тому
Genuinely.
@SFS-DAWN 2 роки тому
@@gabrielrabelo4968 wat?
@KP_Oz 3 роки тому
"Approach the world with a little more humility and a little less certainty!" - Ve 42.0
@chriskennedy2846 3 роки тому
What helped me was not taking my eyes of the wire connectors at the top as it was rotating in the room at 12:00. Good thing, otherwise I would have to consider that: 1) alternating current is actually circular 2) Michael Jordan played on an Ames Basketball Court all those years.
@L_ky 3 роки тому
@PƐRSѺNA SLATƐS blaze
@-ZM_Gaming- Місяць тому
Version 42.0
@vanessaashford9203 Рік тому
it initially looks like it stops for me, but once I fully understood what was happening with the Rubik's cube it (somewhat) broke the illusion for me as my brain adjusted to what I was actually looking at. Also, interestingly, the Ames room illusion has always been really fickle for me, I only seem to actually get it about a third of the time or so. The way someone once explained it to me, the reason these types of illusions ultimately work usually has to do with the fact that we actually only have 2D vision, not 3D vision (if we had the latter, we'd be able to see every surface of every object from all angles simultaneously, which is obviously so different from how our vision *actually* works that it's not even really possible to imagine it accurately, but this is how a hypothetical 4D being would presumably see the world), but our brains are really good at combining 2D images from our retinas together to allow us to perceive depth (from a single directional vantage point, at least) and distance in 3D space. Our brains are *so* good at it, in fact, that they'll even do it with actual entirely 2D images like paintings, photos, etc. not to mention moving sequences of 2D images like films or animation. However, this means that our brain can also be somewhat easily "tricked" into perceiving illusionary depth in other situations where it seems to directly contradict other visual information we are receiving (because really, all depth perception is kind of an illusion for us in some sense), like when an object appears to move in a way which doesn't square with the way our brain wants to fit it into 3D space (which is sort of what's going on here). The reason it varies somewhat is because different people's brains are essentially trained to intuit somewhat differently shaped 3D spaces (like the interior of a rectilinear building versus a rounded building, for instance) depending on what they get used to during the very early formative years of childhood when we're all first learning to understand this space which we can only *directly* perceive a little over 2 dimensions of at most. But even with these differences accounted for, *no one* can actually see in 3D, it's just not possible with the physics of how light moves through three spatial dimensions, and the physiology of how our eyes are able to obtain sensory information from visible light. Obviously, this last part is pretty much me restating what the video already says, but yeah, our limitations due to 2D vision are usually what's ultimately to blame for oddities like this.
@aoifezeleska8914 Рік тому
One of my favourite illusions. I love how the shorter end tricks the brain and mind into perceiving back/forth; when my eyes clearly see the short end coming towards me/the screen. I find following the short side allows me to perceive the rotation and break the illusion. Also, my method works even better for me being tired af, so my noodle isn't opperating as properly as it should and allows my eyes to be able to catch the spinning, exnaying the back/forth completely.
@aria3571 3 роки тому
That hands down is the craziest illusion I've ever seen.
@Tht1Gy 3 роки тому
What are you talking about? The video was blank. Couldn't see anything...... LMFAO
@aria3571 3 роки тому
@@Tht1Gy ???
@Tht1Gy 3 роки тому
Just being silly... :-D As if my mind 'broke' looking at it.
@MrBej 3 роки тому
@@Tht1Gy your phone couldn't handle all those deception
@Tht1Gy 3 роки тому
@@MrBej Are people NOT getting the joke? Btw: I don't watch on a phone.
@besmart 3 роки тому
Well I guess I can stop working on.… exactly the same video 😂🤦♂️
@Bert0ld0 3 роки тому
lol, hopefully you'll get a lot of likes here
@LightningShiva1 3 роки тому
Hey, how you doin
@abhijeetneti 3 роки тому
It's okay just cite this video, make sure you're using the Harvard referencing system
@peppermomint 3 роки тому
F
@itismethatguy 3 роки тому
Lol
@chuckcantillon4764 3 місяці тому
The point you made so well captures something that I've struggled to put into words and show an example of for years, the missing data between what is observed vs what is. Perception being the brain trying to make sense of the input . And how that might skew results , human understanding is riding on a lot of assumptions. Take that into account when you feel too sure. Wisdom is knowing that we know nothing, be humble . I want to incorporate this into a visual art sculpture
@bluegold6682 Рік тому
The Curiosity Show was fantastic. Thanks Rob & Dean for your incredible work on the show.
@bennoakes2477 7 місяців тому
makes this attempt look utterly lame
@TheNightFalxon 3 роки тому
The ruler part is so weird, it phases through the window but in such a weird way, like it’s not actually clipping through, *this is so wild and infuriating at the same time*
@uni5396. 3 роки тому
its just like **fart sound effect**
@omarcapaso7156 3 роки тому
@@uni5396. *reverb fart sound effect*
@tgypoi 2 роки тому
I've watched and rewatched so many times trying to see the rotation, but every time I fall for the illusion.
@slicedtoad 2 роки тому
Usually, you have to kind of play along with an illusion to get the full effect. This is the opposite, it doesn't go away even when what's happening is blatantly impossible; it gets worse instead. It's also the only illusion that's ever managed to make me feel strong emotions. Specifically frustration and a desire to yell at reality.
@rikleferink 3 роки тому
My brain: gets it finally My eyes 1 sec later: no
@TIO540S1 3 роки тому
Yes, I can see it sporadically and momentarily. Then it’s immediately lost. I think it’s going to turn out to be good concentration practice.
@davidacosta193 3 роки тому
I still can't figure out if it's rotating clockwise or counterclockwise lmao
@cherias.4069 3 роки тому
@@TIO540S1 -is Kool.
@robertmcgregor8639 3 роки тому
i think somethings wrong with me cus i saw it imediatley
@Ama3l 3 роки тому
My brain: Visualises it turning around My 1st eye: no My 2nd eye: yes
@Behinddarkness86 3 місяці тому
I have always found it amazing how our brains are programmed even at a subconscious level. In Haunted Houses and Fun Houses, it is not uncommon to come across a room where a stationary bridge goes through a spinning cylindrical hallway. Automatically you will start to feel dizzy and your body will feel almost as if it is flipping over. That is because your brain doesn’t understand the concept of a room flipping over and over so your senses are telling you that you are the one who must be flipping over and over. All fascinating things.
@zacklee9260 10 днів тому
This is a really great and educational video and I love it so much. I'm going to show this video in my class for my students and, hopefully, they will be enlightened with a new and positive view on Science and perceive the world with a new and creative view.
@halflucan 3 роки тому
After staring at this for a while, I can see the rotation on the big wooden versions, but the paper ones still kill me
@spacenomad4477 3 роки тому
I could see the rotation with the ruler after a few seconds
@Mehwhatevr 3 роки тому
@@spacenomad4477 I can see the rotation with the ruler after a few seconds, but only up until the point where it is parallel to my line of sight. the moment I start to see the side of it again, it flips to where it would be if it were swaying. If I focus on the big side, I can watch it rotate around the front, but it flips when it gets to the back. If I focus on the small side, I can watch it rotate around the back but it flips when it gets to the front. I didn't have the same struggle with the round version.
@Ben-um3pe 3 роки тому
I could see the paper one if you focus on the curve of the paper
@Crit1cal57 3 роки тому
I had the same thing happen with me with most illusions I can just tell myself what going on or look at it long enough and it will stop happening but with the paper ones it just doesn't work for me and I can't see it rotate no matter what I do
@HT3D_Tech 3 роки тому
If I really try to see it I can, but the ruler still stumps me
@michaellooks8397 3 роки тому
This is the first optical illusion that I've been entirely unable to see normally, my mind is fooled each time. What the heck.
@Obi117kh 3 роки тому
Same here. I’m finally defeated by an illusion.
@minderbinderful 3 роки тому
same - watch the shadows
@TheFriendlyInvader 3 роки тому
Check a far edge, keep an intuitive sense of rotation and understand geometrically what this object is doing, proceed to track that edge visually (follow with your eyes) along it's intended path. The illusion will quickly fall apart and you'll be able to pick apart which edge is nearest to you
@hanleyk 3 роки тому
I can see it only if I'm on a table that's slanted at 33° (head down), tilted at 11° toward an old black and white CRT screen, moving on a dolly, in a counterclockwise circular fashion around said TV at 2.5 mph, while eating Honey nut Cheerios, at sunset.
@ausgaze 3 роки тому
@@hanleyk lol
@peterrosqvist2480 Рік тому
Absolutely amazing video! I was thinking of your analogy at the end when you showed the Ames rooms
@poja82 Рік тому
This was awesome. You whent much further into the depths of the meaning beyond science. Kudos.
@Parsakay 3 роки тому
The most incredible thing is that he trust the thin wires holding it up
@JuancarlosRodriguez-bx3bw 3 роки тому
i know right
@billybobjones4317 3 роки тому
He didn't have far to fall and I am sure at most he would have had a broken back ;)
@sacripudding4586 3 роки тому
Those thin wires are incredibly strong and I doubt he was even stressing them by being up there.
@billybobjones4317 3 роки тому
@@sacripudding4586 Many a famous last word was very similar ;)
@maveluck 3 роки тому
No thin air.
@pratikdedhia 3 роки тому
"We should approach the world and our conclusions about it with a little more humility and a little less certainty" Starting off this hopefully exciting year with thisexcellent lesson. Thanks a lot.
@cptmaj 3 роки тому
Well said.
@addmoreice 3 роки тому
Unfortunately, some people seem to think that this means *all* interpretations of reality are valid. Excuse me? no. Facts might support multiple interpretations, but that doesn't mean all interpretations of reality are supported by the facts. Lots of people seem to think facts just don't matter.
@williamverhoef4349 3 роки тому
Another lesson: even though there are many things that are uncertain, there are also many things that are certainly wrong.
@Yous0147 3 роки тому
This is the culminating speech of the video for a very good reason, such an beautiful way to end it of, it gives the whole lesson meaning.
@Colaglass 3 роки тому
Ah, Reddit. The literal shithole of the internet.
@stackhat8624 Місяць тому
I had totally forgotten about the Curiosity Show. Used to watch it when I was a kid.
@ariyesh Рік тому
A rare creation that keeps getting better and better all the way to the last sentence.. more wisdom and knowledge = more humility
@rizzaout 3 роки тому
I can't stop thinking about them dining on Christmas with that huge sculpture hanging near their table
@coffeecuppepsi 3 роки тому
At least it's better than the disco ball
@TC_exe 3 роки тому
8:28 "It just looks like an ordinary room" Um.. That's the most unordinary room I've ever seen.
@TruthAndLoyalty 3 роки тому
idk about you, but all my rooms are covered in giant paintings of toys.
@nitehawk86 3 роки тому
Willy Wonka is laughing at us.
@Traumatree Рік тому
I am able to see the rotation when I fix the bottom of the image and keep my eyes focus there. As soon as I leave that spot I was looking, the oscillation returns. Pretty amazing stuff!
@dbell95008 20 днів тому
I've appreciated this illusion for may years, and this is the best presentation I've encountered! That said, I was a bit blown away by the dual window experiment with babies. Having recently (~10 years - I'm old!) lost all vision in one eye, I very clearly see BOTH windows oscillating. One more blurry peek into how our brains work...
@markdavis3539 3 роки тому
The illusion is enhanced by the camera's single "eye".
@dawanasianboy3153 3 роки тому
@@MrAssaultcube YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, THAT IS TRUE THAT IS TRUE THAT IS TRUUUUE
@dawanasianboy3153 3 роки тому
Y O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
@pajarothebird9842 3 роки тому
Hahaha I was wondering if it was 'stronger' to me because I have only one seeing eye. Suppose we all do here.
@Kevin-ch1xj 3 роки тому
@@MrAssaultcube YES BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, TRUEEE!!!!
@ld1661 3 роки тому
@@MrAssaultcube YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
@edwardcoyle5425 3 роки тому
Life lesson: "My brain prefers the illusion over what is really happening"
@rockyo_fn 3 роки тому
yup
@MrAquinas1 3 роки тому
That's why I know Elvis lives.
@coreyg7364 3 роки тому
This preference, as it turns out, is extremely common. It is, in fact, what keeps main stream media in business.
@garychristopher999 3 роки тому
So you must be a ________________ (fill in Democrat or Republican).
@letsmakegadgets6899 3 роки тому
@SPECTRUM - PERSONAL He's referencing people who's personality are attached to their political party, and how they see the opposing one as stupid.
@eyesofchild Рік тому
15:08 ABSOLUTELY!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@christopherwright7077 Рік тому
I can briefly break the illusion, but the lighting inevitably makes my brain trust the illusion more. Even getting this far required an enormous amount of mental thought to convince my subconscious that the shape is not doing the seemingly obvious. Very interesting!
@garmatey3816 3 роки тому
"Stop being so certain about things" Should be the automated response when anyone posts on twitter.
@3ckitani 3 роки тому
""Haha your opinion sucks mine is the only valid one so shut up""
@tubebrocoli 3 роки тому
especially when talking about gender :/
@zeffery101 3 роки тому
are you certain that we shouldn't be so certain?? 🤔
@imveryangryitsnotbutter 3 роки тому
@@zeffery101 Certainly.
@droussel7359 3 роки тому
Unless I focus and concentrate really hard on the "thinner" end, my brain is totally fooled. And I love it :)
@Garrett_Rowland 3 роки тому
Exactly the same solution I found. If I concentrate completely on the short edge of the trapezoid, and mentally keep track of where is should be going, I can actually see the window rotate.
@Google123Chrome 3 роки тому
Same
@skyla4764 3 роки тому
Aaa
@user-km4cf4yz9e 3 роки тому
@@Garrett_Rowland дого3
@princeozodinobi4471 Рік тому
I don't know if there's a prize or anything, but after one or two tries I was able to see the yrue movement of the Ames rectangle. First with the rubiks cube attached;second with the ruler attached; and finally on its own. I think it helps focusing on one point( in my case the short end) and mapping out its trajectory. So when it's turning around you expect that point to be at a certain place and look for that. And surely your brain sees it at that point as opposed to the illusion. It was really fun exerting my will over my brain. Haha
@ocat1979 11 місяців тому
Ohhh man you just hit my nostalgia button with The Curiosity Show. It was an after school must watch in the late 80’s/early 90’s
@deborahsharrock9934 2 роки тому
When he was rotating in the window at first, I could only see him rotating and couldn’t figure out what the illusion was. As he explained that it appeared to oscillate, my perception automatically switched to that and now I can’t switch it back 🤯
@RobertMcBride-is-cool 2 роки тому
It is like me listening to the yanny/laurel thing too much and not being able to hear laurel even with pitch shifting.
@UKLGEAS 2 роки тому
Same! As soon as he told me it oscillates, that's all I could see from then on
@hayaalawadhi534 2 роки тому
The opposite happened to me XD
@AboveEmAllProduction 2 роки тому
that means you got the g.e.y :(
@laestrella9727 Рік тому
That's the point though - the illusion makes it look like things are rotating 'through' the window so you saw what most people see.
@Zactastical 3 роки тому
"This doesn't make any sense" *Proceeds to make sense of it*
@dharmathilakawalakuluarach2136 3 роки тому
what ?? Noooo it makes sense !
@jitteryhands16 9 місяців тому
The proportions of the smaller and larger side seem to be important. I understand how the illusion works, and I can see it rotating for a moment! It’s like the illusion breaks. But mostly it oscillates.
@joeflynn2243 Рік тому
Where were you back in the 60s (rhetorical)? I would have made it through high school without being bored if I had only one teacher like you! Now I'm just an old guy who really likes what you are doing and the philosophical wisdom you incorporate into your musings and teachings. Great fun for any brain!
@aryanmaheshgupta8086 3 роки тому
Tittle: The illusion that only some person can see Alternate tittle: The illusion that a person can only sometimes unsee
@thetreasonseason 3 роки тому
are the 2 ts in tittle in this context an illusion?
@aryanmaheshgupta8086 3 роки тому
@@thetreasonseason delete this now.........Not everyone is able to see through an illusion....
@dalmaronthefirst2237 3 роки тому
I figured out that if I picture the movement its supposed to be making in my head, then suddenly I can make sense of the entire rotation, but only if I focus.
@EnabiSeira 3 роки тому
@@dalmaronthefirst2237 Same, but there is a moment where my brain goes "wait wait wait, I had blinked and missed averything!".
@dalmaronthefirst2237 3 роки тому
@@EnabiSeira yeh and then I have to start picturing it all over again. Its REALLY hard to do through an entire rotation.
@pierre-loup 3 роки тому
When you think you're going to watch a fun video during a snack break, and end up rethinking your entire perception of the universe...
@DanielScholtus 3 роки тому
Typical Veritasium
@WolfyRed 3 роки тому
101 likes nice
@SoofaBeach 3 роки тому
right
@timclarke8523 3 роки тому
Yep
@fcontini Рік тому
At the very start of the video, when you were talking about the sponsor I was distracted and not paying much attention, so I saw it spinning normally, no illusion. Then eventually I focused on watching the video and only then I started perceiving the illusion, and then the ruler and the cube killed it. I honestly think that if I wasn't searching for that, I might not have been "fooled" by it. I've found that difference in perception interesting, so I wanted to post it here.
@BebeSoule Рік тому
This my fav video yet. Been binge watching this channel.
@hourenschaiss2 3 роки тому
Kudos for mentioning the "Curiosity Show". Rob and Dean were my heroes too.
@Coconut-09 3 роки тому
Brain: “Oscillating” Veritasium: “Rotating” Reality: It is just a 2D video, the pixels just get squeezed and unsqueezed over and over again.
@Aeronor2001 3 роки тому
You're just sitting in front of a panel presenting a stream of quickly-updating colored dots!
@ericcsuf 3 роки тому
Actually, the pixels remain the same size no matter what they are representing.
@rk99688 3 роки тому
@@ericcsuf So the pixel colors are oscillating
@jlco 3 роки тому
Pixels getting squeezed? Dang, my monitor must be really out of date then.
@Cythil 3 роки тому
@@jlco Stop living in 2020! Get with 2021! Squeeze pixels are the future! ;)
@appualliyanaa Рік тому
Wow, the message toppled the contents which is on of the best i have ever seen on youtube
@stillblazinkush Рік тому
Thank you for shouting out The Curiosity Show
@vulcanh254 Рік тому
This is fascinating and mind boggling. Even knowing what the image looks like, knowing that it's rotating, knowing how the illusion works and why my brain is fooled, I still can't see it any other way. It just seems impossible for my brain to look at it as rotating naturally.
@blankblank Рік тому
Thats a lack of thought control to the best of my knowledge. If you want to be able to better perceive illusions and such you should play around with some thought experiments
@fiecl4383 Рік тому
Try staring at the outermost line, you'll see that it rotates!
@Yea___ Рік тому
@@blankblank jesus christ
@blankblank Рік тому
@@fiecl4383 ?
@youtuber7186 Рік тому
@@blankblank It's not a conscious process whatsoever. Some people will never be able to perceive it differently because of how their brain computes the stream that the consciousness views.
@b_man-25 3 роки тому
Once I saw it correctly, I couldn't unsee it. Sometimes my brain would flip back and fort between it tricking me and not. Now i'm even more confused. This is fascinating.
@ryleighs9575 3 роки тому
The perceptual inconsistency is what I find cool too lol.
@bentracy7463 3 роки тому
Had the same issue here too. First time I saw the rubix cube scene I saw it correctly and had a hard time seeing the illusion, but then it would flip back and forth. Now I can /somewhat/ choose which way I see it, but it's still wacky and cool.
@duffman18 3 роки тому
@@bentracy7463 *Rubik's
@saurabhsuman3121 2 місяці тому
This was my biggest confusion since last week, when i observed this phenomena in park's gate... Thanks for this explanation 😊
@apexwolf3659 Рік тому
That rotating trapezoid illusion is mind blowing . Although after watching that rotation 10 times , now I could sense that it's rotating and not oscillating but still it's need lot of focus to see rotation
@CuriosityShow 3 роки тому
Thanks for acknowledging the source of this, and there is much more at ukposts.info where we are steadily uploading segments from Curiosity Show each week - Rob
@Yeagizzo 3 роки тому
Love curiosity show!
@shaunbrennan5281 3 роки тому
CuriosityShow Hey Rob! Watched them all as a kid! Great to see it live on.
@dustinpoissant 3 роки тому
What was your source?
@joevideowatcher 3 роки тому
Thanks.
@pfhuber 3 роки тому
Rob, Oh my gaawd!
@russellbrooks23able 3 роки тому
"My brain prefers the illusion over what is really happening." Isn't that the most profound statement on our reality, and how we experience it? 3:46
@adrianvarela8890 3 роки тому
A depiction of today's world...
@JeffCaplan313 3 роки тому
@@adrianvarela8890 Just today?
@vorpal22 3 роки тому
Fully agreed. Take a substantial amount of a dissociative anaesthetic like ketamine or - even better - dextromethorphan, lay in a dark room, and then come out of it with the same interpretation of reality that you had before. (Ketamine and dextromethorphan can be dangerous. Do not take if you don't know what you're doing.)
@wadeguidry6675 3 роки тому
Absolutely!
@Mentocthemindtaker 3 роки тому
But did you watch The Curiosity Show?
@ChainedMyth Рік тому
6:28 - focus on the pointish section end and watch it go round, if you stare hard enough you can see it rotate round fully, keep ur eye on that point and keep in mind it is going in a circle not back on itself so view it like that is definitely what's happening (worked for me anyway) its anticlockwise 12:10, focus on the longer side and watch it go round fully, keeping ur eye on that one spot and keep an open mind of ah yes it is continuously spinning clockwise
@picsmics4 Рік тому
I used to have a hard time breaking the illusion, but after years of visual arts training and practice, I'm much better at seeing through illusions in shape, motion and colors.
@randomq1982 3 роки тому
My Frontal Lobe: "This is quite interesting. Neat." My Basal Ganglia: "What sorcery is this? Kill it!"
@protorhinocerator142 3 роки тому
Which tells me someone should include such an illusion in a haunted house. Put someone inside the illusion and paint it to look like big scary blades. AAHH! NOOO! IT'S KILLING ME!
@randomq1982 3 роки тому
@@protorhinocerator142 Lol, that's a cool idea
@bamsuth9650 3 роки тому
nerd
@randomq1982 3 роки тому
@@bamsuth9650 more of a spaz really, good try tho
@justinmiller129 3 роки тому
For some reason, the window reminds me of this *spider* : ukposts.info/have/v-deo/mmF7iqOLpGOkpKc.html&
@ishantyadav5532 3 роки тому
I saw the rotation correctly and now I can not unsee it to be fascinated.
@deepstariaenigmatica2601 3 роки тому
it's fascinating and it's even more interesting cos i can both watch what's actually happening and the illusion itself by choice.
@vedantsridhar8378 3 роки тому
Same you can see an optional illusion but you can't unsee it
@mahfoozmiah2008 3 роки тому
It’s because we are Asian
@calimyers2229 3 роки тому
same
@Battusai1984 3 роки тому
I saw the illusion, then by the end of the video i only saw it rotate.
@user-le6vo9gp9m Місяць тому
8:00 Wow! This particular shot is an amazing illusion! Take a closer look, this is not just a shot of “looking around an ancient cave”, this is an optical illusion. Imagine the brightest part of the cave is not a depression, but a bulge. Flip your perception and the entire frame turns into a sweeping dolly-zoom panorama. Fantastic!
@caw7007 Рік тому
Love the video. The end was brilliant!! 💖
@DanMan 3 роки тому
if you stare at the corner you can actually bypass the illusion sometimes
@rabid_dog268 3 роки тому
Yes
@pennyw2226 3 роки тому
I just think of it as a 2d object and I can bypass it
@HistoricTecnoFAN 3 роки тому
I find it easier if you focus on the imagined vertical axis around which it rotates. I focused on it by coincidence, but since then I could always see through the illusion. Even switch back an forth like is the case with more common illusions.
@cheesus9819 3 роки тому
HOW ARE YOU IN THE COMMENTS OF EVERY VIDEO I WATCH
@raihan_r.j 3 роки тому
yeah
@timmyspov 3 роки тому
I can see rotation on the "de Heer Circle" but the window illusion was actually making me angry I couldn't stop it from happening lol..
@thepewplace1370 2 роки тому
Only when he was jumping through because he was braced with his hands in other frames and it offers a reference but yeah it was driving me nuts also.
@saigonpunkid 2 роки тому
That's good, people who can see through this illusion are at higher risk of schizophrenia and derealization.
@thepewplace1370 2 роки тому
@@saigonpunkid do you have evidence to support that?
@kylemozisek4885 2 роки тому
I was able to tell by looking at the corner of the small side. It's a little cheaty tho cause its curved a bit
@pvc1380 2 роки тому
haha
@nabilfares555 Рік тому
Love the message at the end.
@qfemale Місяць тому
1:11 I grew up in Switzerland and got to enjoy the Curiosity Show dubbed in German as a child. I'm in my 40 nows and it took me a long time to figure out the name of the show just from random details I remembered. Eventually I did figure it out and watched a lot of it on here just a few years ago. So to see that show mentioned here is very special to me because I loved it as a child and I still love it now 💙
@Kram1032 3 роки тому
"Oh the Irony" that got me so well
@meghanshu7424 3 роки тому
Me too.
@pratn 3 роки тому
Iron man is Fe male
@chirag9159 3 роки тому
@@pratn god this got me cracking up...
@weareallblinded 3 роки тому
finally i saw it rotate
@YadaBoyish 3 роки тому
Yeah, "irony" got me to subscribe.
@Wildlink123 2 роки тому
After watching this and trying as hard as I could, I eventually was able to "correct" the illusion if I concentrated and told my self it's moving toward and away, instead of taking in the whole picture.
@alvin307 2 роки тому
I could do this for just a second, but only because the card had a slight bend to it
@kaps_k8742 2 роки тому
i was really confused until around 6mins, then i saw it. it still flickers back to the illusion every now and then tho
@mama_caca 2 роки тому
dude idk what the heck is happening I'm not smart enough to correct it
@helen4278 2 роки тому
@@mama_caca same, it's driving me crazy
@daniel9525 2 роки тому
@@helen4278 its actually easy to see, try to lock on one side, and after half turn you see that it is oscillating, but in reality that side coming away from you is coming towards you, you just need to convince your brain and then you will see it
@bensoncheung2801 2 місяці тому
I stared at the upper tip of the longer half of the illusion, it helped me see through it when I paid attention to the illustrations’ creasing.
@jenaauerstedt7650 Рік тому
Derek's final comment -- about having humility in areas outside the world of science -- reminded me of the episode "Knowledge or Certainty" from Jacob Bronowski's masterful series "The Ascent of Man." Bronowski criticized those who believe that they had "absolute truth," a priori -- and that that certainty can lead people to commit atrocities because of their belief that they already have everything figured out.
@gudadada 3 роки тому
It's so cool how you can condition yourself to see it in different ways.
@malfattio2894 3 роки тому
Yeah, it reminds me of those Laurel and Green Needle audio clips
@MultiFabar 3 роки тому
It’s like the drawing where you can either see a duck or a horse. Some writer said that, that was real magic. A person might only see a horse until they’re told that there is also a duck in the image and once told how to notice/see the duck, the duck drawing “magically” appears in ones mind/perception.
@PlasmaHH 3 роки тому
When I looked at it long enough, eventually at the point where it "reverses" oscillation I could start seeing that it doesn't. Concentrating on it, this moment extended to almost the full revolution. The illusion was broken for like, the whole day. Next day, it was there again, and I had the same trouble forcing me to see it differently... weird... almost like this red and green pattern that changes your brainwaves for months...
@Sodium_Slug 3 роки тому
The funny thing is that even if you see through the illusion you see the window "slowing down" thought it's spinning at a constant speed
@ashleytylercoghlan8440 3 роки тому
I found the rounded window significantly reduced the illusion for both windows for me.
@crakkajac7856 3 роки тому
I dont understand what illusion people are seeing? I dont see it, just him hanging there and spinning.
@Whimsical_Inquiror 3 роки тому
"red and green pattern that changes your brainwaves" Where is this illusion, what's its name?
@theconnectedchris305 3 роки тому
its in the modulated waves of cellular technology man. Theres no hiding from them now. they gotcha man.... they gotyou
@mark2020 Рік тому
I lost my left eye about 18 months ago and now am attempting to coach my daughters volleyball team. It's super hard for the girls to understand that I am sometimes struggling to see which side of the net the ball has fallen to. Furthermore I had run an industrial repair company for 30 years. After the accident I was only able to effectively repair items that I had previously repaired prior to the accident. Newer items that I had never seen previously all looked like flat nickels. It has been so hard for me to understand the thinking of the engineer without being able to see the depth. This also is so hard to explain. Now after seeing this video, I can see why I'm struggling. Super helpful really!! Great job as always.
@denawiltsie4412 Місяць тому
I was born crosseyed which we now know must be corrected by age 3. Mine was corrected at age four so I never learned how to perceive 3D space. This is because my mind is unable to merge the two images to resolve distance. I know the size of objects and the size they appear at various distances which is a poor mans 3D. I know it isn't reliable so when I drive, I allow additional stopping distance. Catching balls only happens with luck or a correctly placed throw. On the other hand, I can throw with reasonable accuracy. I think what I do can be learned but I have had a life time doing it. I think to learn what I do, you need to relearn what the world looks like. The strange part about it is when I work with objects I still can think in 3D. I can rotate them in my mind and see what they look like from another angle. Probably the best advice I can give you is take it slow and easy. You need to relearn what the world looks like and it will be time consuming.
@orionhauk2968 Місяць тому
I lost vision in one of my eyes 50 years ago at age 10 and for a couple of weeks I had trouble knocking over water glasses but I think because I was younger I didn't really ever notice a difference and have had great depth perception. I have read where when we are born most things are blurry because light is reflecting in all directions and it's our other senses such as feeling edges and corners that allows our visual cortex to process the shapes so the next time we see that particular scattering of light we know what shape and object is.
@gordalot Рік тому
Keys to focus on a singular point on the rotation. I used to play with my grandparents ceiling before I was in school, that had sponge plaster applied to it with a smooth border. (I saw it by accident one day, and tried to see it on command.) It looked like a bit like mountain range. But if I presented the “sun” or the light in the centre of the room was actually by the wall. It would make the peaks turn into valleys, just by pretending that the shadow side was from a different light source. Also fun to “merge” floor tile lines on the vertical e together to make the floor pop out like a 3-D picture where you have to line up 2 points together.
@JasonB808 3 роки тому
It’s even easier to fool the eye when looking at a 2d screen
@notmrsunday7888 3 роки тому
ye
@Scribe13013 3 роки тому
- ukposts.info/have/v-deo/cGWHlqpsi6mFzH0.html
@Fazorplays 3 роки тому
@@Scribe13013 stop
@giancarlo3115 3 роки тому
It's like seeing it with one eye
@idontcare7961 3 роки тому
And much easier when nasa reseases new movies and fools think its real.
@ferdelgado5664 3 роки тому
“So we should approach the world and our conclusions about it with a little more humility and a little less certainty”. ❤️
@gusmoraless 3 роки тому
Valid to apply to the affirmation: "there is a consensus about the human causes of climate change"
@Mrbingles9 3 роки тому
@@gusmoraless ahh, the universe really is an amazing place; that someone could watch this and come to your conclusion is truly a mysterious wonder.
@peter.g6 3 роки тому
85!
@gusmoraless 3 роки тому
@@Mrbingles9 my conclusion is related merely to the affirmation, out of the video's context. Is a general affirmation, so, I can stablish general implications.
@Mrbingles9 3 роки тому
@@gusmoraless Well then, while we are applying this affirmation to imply general things, let’s include the existence of bacteria; “there is consensus that bacteria exists.” Boy, I sure feel smarter after applying this affirmation.
@larissagabiqueiroga Рік тому
I almost cry with the conclusion ❤️
@carol_english Місяць тому
just found this video. Absolutely awesome.
@RaphaelGhunnter 3 роки тому
"Clearly, Leonardo knew how to give side-eye" "Oh, the IRON-y" DEREEEEEK PLEASE
@gregm.3788 3 роки тому
I think a LOT of people didn't get that one at the end of the video, that was a good one.
@Saareem 3 роки тому
@@gregm.3788 It was a great one!
@LordofSyn 3 роки тому
That's on them for not getting it. It was a great one and I was waiting for the pub on it. Was satisfied it was the last word.
@cornyname1577 3 роки тому
@@gregm.3788 It made me laugh audibly. My family thinks I'm weird.
@avedic 3 роки тому
7:49 Ok Michael.......get back to making Vsauce videos buddy.
@brendoned 3 роки тому
"You should never never doubt what nobody is sure about."
@psibarpsi 3 роки тому
You do realise it is _not_ equivalent to "you should always doubt what nobody is sure about."?
@aapkefather1872 3 роки тому
Like Aliens?
@tonylee1667 3 роки тому
@@psibarpsi It’s equivalent to “You should doubt at least once what nobody is sure about”
@psibarpsi 3 роки тому
@@tonylee1667 yeah. Exactly.
@soreloser6018 3 роки тому
@@tonylee1667 so wouldn't the inverse be "Almost always doubt what people are certain of."? Sounds like this is advocating for skepticism.
@atanunath Рік тому
That slight bending helped me see the complete rotation.
@noahhuguenin3848 11 днів тому
What a fantastic conclusion 😍😍😍
@kevinj9059 3 роки тому
"Your eyes can deceive you; don't trust them." - Obi-Wan Kenobi
@davemwangi05 3 роки тому
Now put this in the context of the allegory of the cave.
@deandavis8987 3 роки тому
@@davemwangi05 I can, but not in a way that you'd understand.
@heinzerbrew 3 роки тому
Good quote, but it isn't your eyes that are deceiving you. It is your brain...
@alexandernotchappleseed9965 3 роки тому
Damn it I was going to leave a like till I noticed the 69 likes nice
@kevinj9059 3 роки тому
@@alexandernotchappleseed9965 A worthy sacrifice.
@ethanmccue4468 3 роки тому
"I saw this on a curiosity show, and i was... curious"
@dylanbetts2928 3 роки тому
Curiosity made the cat smarter.
@ducklingchief8289 3 роки тому
"if you want to watch it go to curiosity stream and use my code in the description bellow"
@quokka_11 Рік тому
11:11 fwiw, I would like to have a moment of that kid's enthusiasm, and the saw sounds that follow as my ringtone.
@myfavorites1006 10 місяців тому
I really love it. I spent half an hour for 16 min video i slowed my speed and concentrate on only cube then i realize its really rotating. Ames must have worked hard to invent this
@abhishekraghuvanshi7471 3 роки тому
I am trying to convince my brain everytime that it is rotating not oscillating, and at the end of video, my brain says, ok then I'll rotate everything for ya. Dizzy😵💫
@bitz3225 3 роки тому
If you looks at the bottom corner of the long side, you see it rotate a little bit more imo.
@invictus1180 3 роки тому
Your brain will always trust your eyes above all, and that is especially exemplified by the McGurk effect.
@LethalSwizzle 3 роки тому
Imagine a burglar tries to break into a trapezoid window. He'll be confused asf
@mehulfuria5997 3 роки тому
He won't. But anyone actually watching a burglar break through a trapezoid window would.
@LethalSwizzle 3 роки тому
@@mehulfuria5997 you do have a point & i appreciate the joke you did there :P. Though the burglar would be confused as to why there is a trapezoid window in the first place.
@kurtreber9813 3 роки тому
@@LethalSwizzle to confuse burglars, of course
@earthboundcustoms 3 роки тому
itll oscillate until he's crawling back out the window and is impossible to crawl in.
@kurtreber9813 3 роки тому
@@earthboundcustoms lol he wont know if he's coming or going
@centexan Рік тому
This has been my favorite Illusion for a long time.
@Cragified Рік тому
What is even more trippy is that after forcing myself to think that they are spinning constantly the illusion 'broke' and then I had to try to see them as oscillating. And then I could switch back and forth at will by just thinking which way I wanted to see it.
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