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TED Talks: Optical Illusions Show How We...

Beau Lotto`s color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can`t normally see: how your brain works. This fun, first-hand look at your own versatile sense of sight reveals how evolution tints your perception of what`s really out there.

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pharb : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

pharb

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39 days 8 hours ago...

While he does have some cool stuff to say, he`s also a spectacular douchebag!

x60sec-Assassinx : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

x60sec-Assassinx

11 votes NegativePositive

38 days 18 hours ago...

Wow this was a very interesting to watch.

GameWarrior2216 : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

GameWarrior2216

6 votes NegativePositive

37 days 21 hours ago...

I saw red on the left desert and green on the right, what does that mean?

Nuther10cent : LVL 8: VP 1.7: said:

Nuther10cent

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37 days 21 hours ago...

Man, that`s cool!

hunterdfc : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

hunterdfc

21 votes NegativePositive

37 days 21 hours ago...

Dude Put that thing away there are children here!!^

wolfbane5 : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

wolfbane5

2 votes NegativePositive

37 days 19 hours ago...

This is one of the most interesting TED talks I`ve watched, and I`ve seen a ton of them. This and the Wireless Electricity one.

slimshady8248 : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

slimshady8248

0 votes NegativePositive

37 days 19 hours ago...

@GameWarrior2216
It`s cause your brain is used to seeing red and green, so it balances the colors above. So there`s one red on the left and the right and one green on the left and right.

Cahu : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

Cahu

0 votes NegativePositive

37 days 15 hours ago...

I love the composing through drawings part, I wonder how "modified" it was from what it originally sounded like

ChileanGoD : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

ChileanGoD

3 votes NegativePositive

37 days 11 hours ago...

Showing he has no chest hair part of the demostration too?

incognito1 : LVL 5: VP 1.4: said:

incognito1

4 votes NegativePositive

37 days 10 hours ago...

If you really want to know what this guy is talking about just do some LSD. You will discover the world around you is only what you make of it.

archentar : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

archentar

1 votes NegativePositive

37 days 7 hours ago...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

pulpy.wulpy : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

pulpy.wulpy

0 votes NegativePositive

37 days 4 hours ago...

^ incognito1, I agree man, I had the same experience and realization while taking acid

Proactive vs Reactive (to the world)

Neox : LVL 19: VP 2.8: said:

Neox

1 votes NegativePositive

36 days 22 hours ago...

I want to paint a song!

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