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  • Gary C
    Gary C reacted to Trailblazer's post in the thread Optical illusions with Wow Wow.
    The Ponzo illusion is one of the most powerful illusions. Yes, all three car images are identical in size. (Source)
  • FatPhil
    FatPhil replied to the thread Optical illusions.
    Oh, no! No-one told me the *illusions* would be *misleading* - thanks for warning me, I shall now ignore this thread forthwith.
  • FatPhil
    FatPhil reacted to Trailblazer's post in the thread Optical illusions with Like Like.
    The Ponzo illusion is one of the most powerful illusions. Yes, all three car images are identical in size. (Source)
  • John J.
    John J. replied to the thread Optical illusions.
    The image illustrates the Ponzi illusion, but it has been manufactured to do this and is a bit misleading. It's not a real scene. Objects of the same dimensions seen at different distances will be of different apparent sizes, the further away...
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  • Trailblazer
    Trailblazer reacted to Mendel's post in the thread Optical illusions with Agree Agree.
    This may be useful when witnesses see a UFO "the size of a football field" again, demonstrating that our perception of size depends on our perception of distance,
  • JMartJr
    JMartJr reacted to John J.'s post in the thread Balloons, how many are there? with Like Like.
    Yes. I'd guess most party balloons end up in the trash. As @Ann K said, mass releases of balloons to mark events might have become less popular. However, it's a safe bet there will be enough Micky Mice, Happy 18ths, Just Marrieds, Bart Simpsons...
  • purpleivan
    purpleivan reacted to Mendel's post in the thread Russia and Ukraine Current Events with Agree Agree.
    It's off topic in this thread.
  • Mendel
    Mendel replied to the thread Optical illusions.
    This may be useful when witnesses see a UFO "the size of a football field" again, demonstrating that our perception of size depends on our perception of distance,
  • R
    RobertBillyBob reacted to Trailblazer's post in the thread Optical illusions with Wow Wow.
    The Ponzo illusion is one of the most powerful illusions. Yes, all three car images are identical in size. (Source)
  • purpleivan
    Well qualified lawyers can drive holes through most any argument -- it's what they do! ^_^
  • purpleivan
    Russia also isn't the only one that does it. Same day as this thread the US released an image captured during a similar mission of our own in 2024. https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/chinas-top-secret-spaceplane-cant-hide-in-low-earth-orbit/...
  • Mendel
    Mendel reacted to Andreas's post in the thread Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film is a hoax? with Like Like.
    I had never really taken a close look at the 1967 PG film before. Sure, I'd seen it numerous times, but I'd never bothered to properly analyze what I was looking at. (Frankly, I've never been that interested in Bigfoot.) As a result, my...
  • Trailblazer
    Trailblazer replied to the thread Optical illusions.
    The Ponzo illusion is one of the most powerful illusions. Yes, all three car images are identical in size. (Source)
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  • Y
    yoshy reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film is a hoax? with Agree Agree.
    Indeed, When discussing the film online with BFBs (Big Foot Believers) I've often tried to "soften" my presentation by admitting that things that I see when looking at the film (most notably the saggy-britches effect in the sitting down area!)...
  • John J.
    Indeed, When discussing the film online with BFBs (Big Foot Believers) I've often tried to "soften" my presentation by admitting that things that I see when looking at the film (most notably the saggy-britches effect in the sitting down area!)...
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