The Ben Franklin one makes perfect sense. If you do a favor for someone, your brain begins to see them as your responsibility; everyone with a normal psyche likes to feel needed. Whereas if you do THEM a favor your brain begins to see them as a burden or mooch.

@loganbyrne3054

3 ай бұрын

I would add to that if you request a favor and honor the favor and let it go, the other party would feel more compelled to feel respect and become more willing to honor your stance. Thus becoming more open and friendly. I have been accused of that on more than one occasion.

@HappyBeezerStudios

3 ай бұрын

Add to that if someone owes you a favour, you might stick around them for an opportunity to claim that favour. So you're getting used to be in their vicinity. But you're also getting used to giving them favours. Something friends would do for one another, but enemies wont.

@mitchofwashdc8843

3 ай бұрын

I completely disagree with the premise of this argument. The person doing the favor probably responded favorably to Ben’s humility and subsequent show of gratitude as well as the fact that the book was returned to him (ostensibly) in the condition it was borrowed. I don’t think he would have been so civil had these events transpired with Ben being ungrateful or his book being damaged.

@juliebaker6969

3 ай бұрын

@@mitchofwashdc8843 Both what you said and what I said can be true simultaneously, neither negates the other.

@jenniferholich9592

2 ай бұрын

If you do a favor for someone vs if you do THEM a favor???

Ahhhhh, so I am not the only one! 🤦🏻‍♀️😂 My brain can just about handle these fab videos though.. 👍

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Thank you as always 😊

@pimpozza

3 ай бұрын

I just love your channel, Tez! 👍🙏​@@verynearlyinteresting

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

@@pimpozza Honestly that’s so nice to hear 😊

@choosecarefully408

3 ай бұрын

"Things the human brain can't handle?" This is my forté. "Politicians" & "Government" are completely separate things. 'Government' is an utterly made-up myth that humans see as a caring grandfatherly-like figure who protects them from evil corporations. 'Politicians' meanwhile don't even bother to try to hide that they're 100% in the pay _of_ corporations & that they protect their cronies from us instead. If even One Other Person in Western society could handle this then all of it would end because it takes at most two people to rally the rest to Make The Change in attitude. But in my entire life I have never met another who _can_ handle this. Hail Hydrah.

The human mind is incredibly good at pattern recognition. So good that we see patterns even if there are none.

@pixelsafoison

2 ай бұрын

Better to have a false positive and survive than ignore it and die :p - we do pretty much what we try to limit in AI

This was the best description of cognitive dissonance I have ever heard. Thank you Tez! I absolutely love your channel. The music is so energetic and upbeat and happy. It makes me smile. You make me smile love the puzzle pics

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Oh thanks Karen!!! 😊😊

@choosecarefully408

3 ай бұрын

Basically, kind of. In order to not get this deleted, I'm gonna try to hide a name in the number: 79m03a154d7d98i5e 34d76e 05G68a947r3a62y is the name of someone who was harmed by something we normally think 'Government' protects us from. If I ask people to help her they will hate her for existing & me for suggesting she should be helped. The condition as explained here doesn't fully acknowledge this. That's because there's actually something deeper informing when we need Cognitive Dissonance: when Doxastic Anxiety is present. When DA is present then CD doesn't stand a chance. I'll wait to see if anyone engages before continuing.

@bob456fk6

3 ай бұрын

This is relevant in the US now with millions of cultists willing to dismiss the disgusting actions of Donald Trump. "Aw...he's not such a bad guy"

Great fun....and something new to learn. Very good background work...Well done 🎉

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Paul! Tez

Honestly, this channel can so easily fit in as a 15 min segment on PBS

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, that’s a lovely thing to say. Tez

It doesn’t make them like you more it just makes them more comfortable and relative to you

If you're a bit drunk then the Herring on looks straight, haha.

You are engaging , interesting and very nearly cool. Really appreciate your videos.

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much David. ‘Very nearly cool’ 😆 best compliment I’ve ever had ha! Tez

Love this presenter

24:48 to be fair, on that one I see a happy basin. With the water being the mouth.

5:50 Your brain is comparing the short side of the upper piece with the long side of the lower piece. The curvature of the pieces is just gentle enough that you don't really register the difference in length between the long side and the short side of each piece. To dispel the illusion, choose two points on opposite ends of one of the pieces (e.g. the corners) and observe the distance between them. Then compare the distance between those two points on the other piece. Another way to look at it is, choose any point on the top piece and then draw a line to the corresponding point on the bottom piece. The line will always be the same length and go in the same direction.

I figured out the Benjamin Franklin one as a child, and still do it to this day. Didn’t know there was a name for it. I simply figured that people liked it when I ask for help because it makes them feel smarter, more able, or more generous than I am, so why not let them feel that way? Most people dislike feeling less smart, less able, or less generous. Or maybe that’s because I am plagued by insecure narcissists. 😜🤪😝

@verynearlyinteresting

Ай бұрын

You are definitely next-level in your thinking! That’s a really insightful comment, thanks Heather. Tez

You know ... if the answer to optical illusions wasn't always "They are the same size" I'd actually be more surprised... Please just once actually have an answer that's not 'it's not either of the options I deliberately gave you such that you pick one of the two options I deliberately gave you"

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

That’s a very good point, sorry. Tez

I've seen most of these illusions, but a few were new to me. I always get a kick out of them. Thanks!

You know what’s very nearly interesting? This channel. Nearly 60k subscribers in 12 months! That’s amazing!

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Hi David! Yes I never would have believed that in my wildest dreams when I started it 😵‍💫. Tez

The Ben Franklin effect is why people love panhandlers so much. Right up front they start by asking you for a favor, and after giving them a few bucks you're like "I really like that person. I can't wait to catch up with them again." Sarcasm aside, I actually do think there is something to the effect, although I also think the catch with psychology is that human behavior is immensely complex and difficult to map to specific rules. There always seem to be contradictions and counter-examples. At best it feels like you can map conclusions to likelihoods when certain conditions are in place, as opposed to definite outcomes.

@verynearlyinteresting

2 ай бұрын

Great comment. Tez

My brain struggles with most things 🤪

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

😆

I truly enjoyed this video and learned a lot. Thank you for sharing

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

I’m really pleased that you enjoyed it 😊. Tez

*Fascinating.*

Tez, Great video combining fun optical illusions, and thought-provoking aspects courtesy of Ben Franklin's theories.

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Gary (I hope I’ve remembered that correctly!!!😬). Tez

1:55 Here, I picture the two blue lines as the legs of a triangle, with the top line serving as the base. If you can ignore the other lines of the polygon, the illusion goes away.

We don't share a brain. You have your brain, I have mine. I think you mean "...our brains can't handle" The plural form is required here as we are talking about more than 1 brain.

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Good point Eric. Tez

You do a good job of describing the reasons for the Ben Franklin effect (cognitive dissonance) but you did not describes the limits of the effect. 1. (As Franklin described) It must be a trivial favor that the other person could not consider refusing. The biggest disaster for you is if they actually refuse it, in which case the same cognitive dissonance effect causes them to dislike you even more. There's also a middle ground in which they want to refuse it but feel that there is some social pressure not to, so they do the favor but resent it strongly. This might or might not have the effect you desire, depending on whether or not they construct an entire framework where they perceive you as manipulative (which -- let's be honest -- is exactly correct). 2. It doesn't work at all on narcissists and other sociopaths.

Great video, earned a sub!

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much Logan. Tez 😊

Same at 9:50. To me in my slightly merry state it connects with red easily.

the spiral/circles one is difficult to untangle. I'd not seen the 'stepping' illusion before!

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

I’ve literally got to trace each circle with my finger to untangle it 🙈

Very Nearly Interesting, let's go quality content

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Thanks very much Philip! Tez

Ty!

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Kathleen! Tez

Fantastic and interesting video

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Thanks OTRA!!! Nice to see you again and thanks as always for your support. Tez

I saw the normally colored face as convex the whole time, but I saw the white one as alternately convex and concave.

@renakunisaki

2 ай бұрын

It's more effective if you don't see the transition to concave.

The spinning wheel one doesn't work right on video, because when the camera's frame rate syncs up with the rotation speed, the images really will show the wheel moving backwards or not moving. In that case it's not your brain being fooled, but misleading footage. However, you can observe it with a spinning bicycle wheel in the sunlight. As it speeds up you'll perceive it slowing down and switching direction, with no camera or flickering artificial light involved.

1976 was the 200th anniversary of our saying buh-bye to you Brits. To celebrate we wanted to do something different, really special. Pareidolia to the rescue. Someone “saw” little people in fire hydrants: two nubs for arms and hands, front nub for a vest, top that the firefighters loosen a cap or hat. Since fire hydrants were everywhere, the nation exploded in little people of the Revolution: blue and white garbed militia, distinguished colonial ladies, rough frontier soldiers, Washington, of course-and the occasional redcoat. The hydrants so cleverly painted lasted a couple years past ‘76 since we couldn’t bear to part with them. It was delicious pareidolia on a national scale.

It's really easy to work it out, it'll always be what it doesn't look like.

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

😆good point

@MySerpentine

3 ай бұрын

@@verynearlyinteresting It wouldn't be an illusion otherwise :D

5:10 so, I feel weird, because I only get ‘tricked’ by this one for about 2 seconds, then I start seeing a rotating mask - concave followed by convex. The blank face doesn’t even trick me at all

I am always so excited when I see you drop a new video! Tez can you do me a favour and make another very nearly interesting video? I’d really appreciate it. Hope all is well, thank you for your content, it is really quite refreshing!

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

I can see what you did there!!😆. Asking me for a favour has worked … I like you even more now 🤣. Hopefully there will be another one out next week. Thanks as always for your comment and support Stephanie, always very appreciated. Tez

Hey...its Tez!!

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Hi Steve!

The face you said looked like the first female actually looked like Joseph Merrick to me.

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Nice to see you again Julie! Tez

7:35 You can beat this illusion by picturing each vertical "bar" as the five separate rectangles that it actually is. Compare a rectangle in column A to its horizontal white neighbours, then compare any rectangle in column B to its white vertical neighbours, ignoring the black areas in both columns. If you compare gray to white in one column and gray to black in the other, then yes you will fall for the illusion.

Paradolia is less when you've had a few drinks.

@24:28 Me, after stubbing my toe creeping around at nigh trying not to wake anyone else up.

Excellent in General, am onboard, did think the Pareidolia was more than a tad overdone and the quality suffered.

Ben Franklin also had time to populate half of the eastern seaboard,lol!

super video

@verynearlyinteresting

2 ай бұрын

Thanks George, Tez

@GeorgeT.G.

2 ай бұрын

@@verynearlyinteresting most welcome

Our brain seems to be converting images into something that kinda makes sense

First puzzle: correct question is: which of the 2 diagonals is longer in this actual picture and not in the 'fallen down paper' that you perceive it as.

Anyone reminded of the Nome King from Oz by some of those scary “faces”?

The same holds truth the other way. You can make someone who liked you to make them not like you, within a blink of an eyelash. I had done such. You can't undo that. It's like a switch that you can turn it on, but once you turn it off again, you cannot get them to re like you. Instead. They hate you. It doesn't take much for someone to hate you, even if they once liked you. All you have to do is tell them what they don't like about themselves, and that makes them hate you. I have done this to people, just to watch their behavior. Love and hate are really nothing. Nothing is real with love or hate. Animals are the only ones, who actually will love you, no matter what you do or don't do. Humans ascribe everything about their own existence. I see this and that makes me not want too many people in my life at all.

@petesahat9959

3 ай бұрын

Animals can't feel love, though. They do have emotions, but they don't have feelings. This is why many of them create more of a "dependency" instead and not actual love. And even if it was love, the same basic concept you just mentioned with humans would apply to animals as well. To make an animal "love" you, you basically have to show or give them something they can interpret as positive (giving them food, petting them, etc), similar to what happens with people, Ben Franklin effect or not. They will feel happy whenever you're around, even if you're not doing anything in particular for them that day. To make them fear you or just be indifferent towards you, you'd apply the same concept you mentioned just "adapted" to animals, as they likely won't care or understand what you say to them. So, in their case, rather than "telling them what they don't like about themselves", you'd just quit doing whatever you did to earn their "love" altogether, or even performing acts of hostility towards them, whether it is via physical means (hence the way rescued animals hehave at first after being rescued from violent environments) or through the tone of your voice (they may not understand what words actually mean, but they can discern between tones). It's nice and all to think animals can "love" us, but it isn't love, just dependency that can also come to an end intentionally or unintentionally. Plus, it would be very unfair to them if they actually could love us but we couldn't love them back, no? (assuming that "love and hate are really nothing" when it comes to humans).

I am sure some of the "faces" were shown twice. Om the "backwards spinning wheel": I was told it was to do with the lighting (artificial is best), the frequency of the thing spinning/turning and the frame rate of the "movie". If they are close to one another it happens. But if it is direct sunlight and YOU are watching with your eyes it can't really happen.

That backpack reminds me of a duck. Yeah I know I’m weird

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

😆I’ve just looked I think I know what you mean Karen! Tez

These are illusions to me

Are you up Cannock Chase again Tez? or was that an optical illusion? 🤣

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Hi Merv 🤣. The first bit was at Cannock Chase but it was SO cold I had to abandon. Bring on the nice weather!

@MervBennett

3 ай бұрын

@@verynearlyinteresting Great vid, yes, My lads college in the background later on.

Women have been using the Franklin ruse for centuries!

You have broken my brain with cognitive dissonance and at the same time open me up to a whole new level of playing this game called life.

Seeing 2 dots and a line as a face doesn’t seem any different than seeing a letter or number it’s just basic pattern recognition. But true pareidolia is more rare, seeing an inanimate object and thinking it’s a real face does happen occasionally… more to women for some reason but I’ve only seen like 2 or 3 examples online of actual pareidolia.

5:35 I assumed they were the same length. I made this conclusion by looking at how one curve was tighter than the other. I gave a like because you didn't command me to do it.

"is this the first female face we have seen?" Nope. That read rooved house looked female to me :-)

People really don't understand emotions. That's why they like to gather support and since people like to be correct about their thoughts they gather positive support always. This is why propaganda and manipulation work so well.

Thanks once again -man of joy💚😁P.S. I need a favour doing, get me some yummy waggon wheels will ya! 👍😄

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 Hi Gaynor!! Thanks for giving me a smile this morning 😊

You're fun!

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Ah thanks Neil. Tez

Ahhhh, so now we understand why you ask us to like and subscribe. 😂 It’s so we will like you more! Funny thing is, it works. ❤

FOR THE SOUND/EDITTING: Music is way too loud. It should be in the background not the foreground. I should be able to hear the narrator any & every time that he speaks. I usually listen to my yt volume on full/headphones at 10. With your video, I had to turn down both of them then skip all of the title cards throughout. Narrator can be too loud too. Since this is a new channel, please fix this issue. I doubt I'm the only one who noticed it. However, if you had a lot of viewers start your video but not finish it. The volume of the music may be the problem. Hope this helps! Look forward to another video. I'll copy & leave this remark on any current video that's been posted in the past 2 weeks (Mar. 15, 2024) Edit: Please adjust the sound editting. If you're doing your own editting, test the sound with a younger audience member. I know this sounds strange but as we age so does our hearing. What we may perceive as normal sound may actually be much louder than we think. Just a suggestion. Truly enjoyed this video and look forward to viewing others but please consider the sound editting. Even as a viewer with tinnitius, I found the sound/volume to be extremely harsh, especially the music, but also the narrator. Thank you for the informative video. I had a fun time learning some of these. Please do not take my constructive criticism as anything other than trying to be helpful. I love channels like this and like your narration. It's strictly the volume that's the issue.

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Doc, I massively appreciate you taking the time to post this comment. Much appreciated. Tez

In the background I'm picking up Biz Markie "Just a Friend" and James Brown "Sex Machine." Carry on.

👍👍👍

Well, I suppose I've watched to many of these illusions... I tend to guess that the objects indeed are parallel or equally long, move at the same speed, are of the same colour etc. 10:00 No! It didn't get it wrong. I just chose the seemingly least likely alternative (the red line).

He’s wrong about the wagon wheels in spaghetti westerns. They don’t appear to rotate backwards due to ‘temporal aliasing'. It’s actually not a brain effect but a technical anomaly called a stroboscopic effect caused by the film camera frame rate, usually 24 frames per second. If the wheel rotates once every 24th of a second and the camera takes its picture every 24th of a second, then it will appear stationary when played back. If the wheel is moving forward slightly slower than 24th of a second, then it will appear to be moving backwards.

@renakunisaki

2 ай бұрын

You can see it with a bicycle wheel in real life.

I heard about the Ben Franklin one about 15 years ago and tested it. The important thing is to make sure the person has an interest or liking of the favor. (Don't ask them to drive you to a bad part of town they're uncomfortable in that's 2 hours away. They may not like that). And just like the favor thing, asking someone about something that THEY'RE highly interested in will get them to be thrilled about answering and telling you about it. And watch, they will be talking to you more often and being nice to you. It works. I use it to trick hot girls into thinking I care about their dumb hobbies. Just kidding...

I'm also confused, except for the Handsome fellow who host this video, which is the main reason I'm subscribed. As for facts, love it always cause it peaks my interest. As for the host, thanks you handsome fellow for being pleasant on the eye and dispensing facts that keeps me engaged. From down here in South Africa, be safe Handsome

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Ahh thank you! That’s a nice comment to wake up to! Tez 😊

@user-yp5zp7zu8b

3 ай бұрын

@@verynearlyinteresting Hello Handsome. Can't wait for a new video. Stay safe

@randallulrich

3 ай бұрын

*piques my interest

Why's your man walking a coppice talking history?

@richl6966

2 ай бұрын

Got it

Very interesting,but should be much shorter. 10 min slots I would say .

Trouble is psychopaths instinctively know about this cognitive dissonance gig.

The neverending steps was made famous by m c escher's artwork.

IDK, Is faces faster then other things? How long did it take you to figure out your on a side walk and that it's safe to walk on?

I saw the elephant man in the cloud not a woman I covered cognitive dissonance during my degree

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Ohhh I’ll go back and have another look! Nice to see you again Denise. Tez

@renakunisaki

2 ай бұрын

I saw Elvis. Maybe because of the music?

The face I saw was clearly Canadian.

6:23 you said "drawring". Sorry to be pedantic, but the word is "draw-ing", not "draw-ring"!

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

I’ve never thought about it … yes I say ‘drawring’. Good spot. I’m going to blame that on the town I grew up in, I’ll be listening out for that from now on. I now know I pronounce ‘Drawing’ and ‘Nuclear’ wrong , something I never knew about. Tez

i didn't get fooled by anything here. i hope the government doesn't find me and exploit my ability of persceptions. shiiiiiiiiiiiit.

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

😆

@ 16:30 did anyone notice the six-tiled-six-sided Rubiks cube in the background, stroking his chin and reading papers? It's my addiction as well

What if we see faces in things as they are actual faces created by souls/gods etc. Maybe when these things takes years to form the life from the other side can manipulate or influence into a form to make contact or send a message. Just weird that that the eyes always line up with the lower parts, just my guess.

@mouttremblay6828

3 ай бұрын

No, you gessed wrong. Just what the man said. No such souls/gods needed to explain things. Please don't mix reality with your imagination, thank you and have a good lucid day.

@shawnbell3468

3 ай бұрын

@@mouttremblay6828 Thanks for the reply, sorry your reality is boring as there is so much that we don't see going on in the background of our lives. There is so much to see out there if you view the world with your eyes & soul but know what your brain will trick you. Our governments know how to trick our brains and fully take advantage, yet most people allow themselves to be controlled fully by their minds that are not in their control.

touche. uses cognitive dissonance to get my sub and like. well played.

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

Wow it worked 🤣. Welcome and thank you so much. Tez

23:30 - photoshopped ?

@pimpozza

3 ай бұрын

No, it's real.. 100%

Escher

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

I’d never heard of him … just Googling now …

@karenroot450

3 ай бұрын

@@verynearlyinteresting well Tez what did u think of his artwork. Including his famous stairs to nowhere! In the late 70s I had numerous prints of his in my very first apartment in the entryway new guests would stare so long I was like ‘just get in here and let me shut the damn door’.

@christopherlawley1842

3 ай бұрын

Bless you

Music too loud.

The triangle was made in real life by a we!der.

I do enjoy your videos but there is no illusion that you’re too chatty and play the intro too often.

Quite entertaining, but far too many faces :) and would you please STOP SHOUTING!

@verynearlyinteresting

3 ай бұрын

😬sorry

You really talk too much in this one. Talk less, show more, please.

fun fact!!! there is only one "R" in the word "drawing"!