How do we judge distance and size? This DIY Ames Room #illusion activity shows how our brains use visual cues to determine distance and scale.
Learn to create perspective drawings and build a room that makes objects appear to change size based on positioning. It's the perfect hands-on way to explore visual perception with materials you likely have at home.
Wild Things – Jude Law and Andrew Garfield join the new series based on the Apple Original Podcast, Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy. Details here https://www.liveforfilm.com/2025/05/13/wild-things-jude-law-and-andrew-garfield-join-the-new-series-based-on-the-apple-original-podcast-wild-things-siegfried-roy/
"In an alternate universe, the rise of the #antiwoke right would have been the beginning of a constitutional renaissance. At the very moment when public debate was most necessary — to address some of the most complicated and emotionally fraught issues that divide our nation — was the moment when millions of Americans felt most afraid to speak.
Ironically enough, in its blind rage and quest for control, the #antiwokeright effectively conceded one of the left’s key critiques of the American experiment.
At the risk of oversimplifying complex arguments, one of the left’s core critiques of American history and the American Constitution is that liberty can be an #illusion that masks the reality of #power."
Unsere #Wahrnehmung ist alles andere als objektiv – sie ist eine #Illusion, die unser #Gehirn erschafft. Doch diese Täuschungen sind entscheidend für unser #Überleben. Henning Engeln erklärt, wie sie entstehen und warum sie so wichtig für uns sind: https://www.riffreporter.de/de/wissen/wirklichkeit-wahrnehmung-sinne-doppelgaenger-illusion-gehirn-evolution-mensch-bewusstsein
A Scientist Thinks We Live in a Simulation—and That He’s Found Proof of the Universe’s Source Code
Could the hypothesized Second Law of Infodynamics finally deliver the ‘smoking gun’ evidence?
By Darren Orf, Published: Mar 27, 2025 11:30 AM EDT
"In the early 4th century BCE, the legendary ancient Greek philosopher Plato put forth a simple thought experiment. Known as the Allegory of the Cave, the idea suggests that what we believe to be 'reality' could be little more than shadows dancing upon a cave wall. Fast forward to the 21st century, and scientists are pondering the same question albeit in a more technological context."
Read more:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a64300338/source-code-simulation/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/AZSMQ
#TheMatrix #AllegoryOfTheCave #WhatIsReality? #Philosophy #Hologram #Maya #Illusion #Plato #SecondLawOfInfodynamics
…wie oben schon mehrfach ua bei KI darauf hingewiesen & wie bei fast jedem Hype auch, plappert nicht einfach dem Marketing gedankenlos hinterher.
»Man kann es nicht oft genug sagen – Künstliche Intelligenz ist nicht intelligent:
Der Hype um KI-Agenten lässt wieder die Illusion von Intelligenz aufkommen. Dabei ist es doch so einfach: Maschinen sind keine Menschen«
@dianea
hihi, my limited brain makes me laugh.
thank you.guess its all about the right angle/perspective, right?
update: Ha: here is the solution:
https://imgur.com/wooden-illusion-yWO5hcF
(found it via reverse image search)
#illusion #3d #escher
If consciousness is an illusion, then it solves the question of the consciousness of other animal species.
Same for free will.
Illusion knitting:
Learn more: 
Magie d’ombre et de lumière ! Dans le désert, les ombres deviennent les avatars des animaux. 
Bertie Gregory