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 жыл бұрын

Made me kind of nauseas. Must be what HP Lovecraft meant by non-euclidean geometry.

@jakeengland1430

3 жыл бұрын

well hello there are we going to be seeing this in one of your next puzzle boxes ?

@Orroset

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

When you try to think outside the box, but your brain is the box

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@DrakyHRT true

@emerysancho7601

2 жыл бұрын

same

@quietobserver7326

2 жыл бұрын

I got it the first time, but now I cant get it

@TAKE_BACK_BRITAIN

2 жыл бұрын

I was able to beat it after a little bit of focus.

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

26 күн бұрын

Try looking it on in front of you so you see it as 3d, not some flat screen.

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

Жыл бұрын

same

@lalitjain1969

Жыл бұрын

Same man

@Min_Ye_Lin

10 ай бұрын

Supposed to happen

@ZphyZphyer

10 ай бұрын

Same

@bryanrmcnair01

4 ай бұрын

Yet the cable holding it up didn even complete the rotation?

“My Brain prefers the illusion, rather than what’s actually happening”......if this isn’t 2020 in a nutshell lol

@patrickli3684

3 жыл бұрын

At least we can say goodbye to 2020 tommorow

@zoosandwapes

3 жыл бұрын

@@physicschemistryandquantum810 So you’re the Indian guy from KZread that our teachers show us?

@Zelmel

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

That’s the entirety of the human experience in a nutshell

@kaizokujimbei143

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zelmel Yeah.

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 жыл бұрын

Thought I was the only one

@squirreljr1969

2 жыл бұрын

@@benjamin5370 same

@jimmyjones4588

2 жыл бұрын

You feel the weird tingle in the front of your skull the first time or just me?

@Thoroughly_Wet

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@Orwaha

2 жыл бұрын

I can do this with the blue and black dress. I turn it white and gold and back.

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 ай бұрын

The "Ames Room" was named for American opthalmologist Adelbert Ames, Jr., who also created the first illusion.

@PlaDohDudes

Ай бұрын

Yeah

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.

Ruler: Seamlessly slides through matter, which is impossible My Brain: I'm ok with this

@SplendidFellow

3 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily impossible

@Scribe13013

3 жыл бұрын

- kzread.info/dash/bejne/aWlspdR-pJuTnMo.html

@Icemario87

3 жыл бұрын

@@Scribe13013 Hey bro, this is not how you advertise your music. Try another tactic.

@pelegitay

3 жыл бұрын

I'll be laughing quite a while at that remark. thanks!

@avedic

3 жыл бұрын

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.

I'm screaming at my brain: "STOP SEEING THE ILLUSION!!!" But I can't stop seeing it!

@shilyarrmee

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

I saw it for like a second

@kellycollins3516

3 жыл бұрын

Wow I get it now😁

@googleimgsearchfirmwaredownloa

3 жыл бұрын

yes. there is that one moment where you nail it but then it ends immediately.

@SaintMatthieuSimard

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

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

Finally, at 11:50 I was able to watch it rotate again. It is all about lighting.

@indyduinmeijer6435

Жыл бұрын

You’re right I could see it rotate there

@thefamousdjx

2 ай бұрын

Well illusions are always about something smh

I love how this guy tricks us into gaining knowledge.

@NoOne-we5jh

3 жыл бұрын

Friking legend

@graxo3752

3 жыл бұрын

You played yourself.

@NoOne-we5jh

3 жыл бұрын

@@graxo3752 Congrats

@r.natari

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@normanweishaar3720

3 жыл бұрын

@@NoOne-we5jh 1

Me after re-watching the video 5 times and finally seeing it rotate “Finally, inner peace”

@willywonka3050

3 жыл бұрын

I saw it rotate after he showed the big window with natural lighting. Before that I had no idea how it worked.

@mattiarubio3240

3 жыл бұрын

@@willywonka3050 me too

@TN-br9yl

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. However, if we're never told that the window is actually rotating, we would never know.

@no_thing_378

3 жыл бұрын

@@TN-br9yl So basically knowledge shapes experience it seems... This is profound.

@soniclechat2825

3 жыл бұрын

sorry pal i knew it was 2d really fast :') between the camera angle and the light reflection it jsut gave it away

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.

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

Ай бұрын

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

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 жыл бұрын

It gets easier for me

@lavinissensonthecommenter4197

2 жыл бұрын

I could see the normal windows as 2D

@candypg1

2 жыл бұрын

@@lavinissensonthecommenter4197 cool? That’s not the illusion tho

@gabrielrabelo4968

2 жыл бұрын

Genuinely.

@SFS-DAWN

2 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielrabelo4968 wat?

"Approach the world with a little more humility and a little less certainty!" - Ve 42.0

@chriskennedy2846

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@PƐRSѺNA SLATƐS blaze

@-ZM_Gaming-

Ай бұрын

Version 42.0

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.

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.

That hands down is the craziest illusion I've ever seen.

@Tht1Gy

3 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? The video was blank. Couldn't see anything...... LMFAO

@aria3571

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tht1Gy ???

@Tht1Gy

3 жыл бұрын

Just being silly... :-D As if my mind 'broke' looking at it.

@MrBej

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tht1Gy your phone couldn't handle all those deception

@Tht1Gy

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrBej Are people NOT getting the joke? Btw: I don't watch on a phone.

Well I guess I can stop working on.… exactly the same video 😂🤦‍♂️

@Bert0ld0

3 жыл бұрын

lol, hopefully you'll get a lot of likes here

@LightningShiva1

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, how you doin

@abhijeetneti

3 жыл бұрын

It's okay just cite this video, make sure you're using the Harvard referencing system

@peppermomint

3 жыл бұрын

F

@itismethatguy

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

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

The Curiosity Show was fantastic. Thanks Rob & Dean for your incredible work on the show.

@bennoakes2477

7 ай бұрын

makes this attempt look utterly lame

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 жыл бұрын

its just like **fart sound effect**

@omarcapaso7156

3 жыл бұрын

@@uni5396. *reverb fart sound effect*

@tgypoi

2 жыл бұрын

I've watched and rewatched so many times trying to see the rotation, but every time I fall for the illusion.

@slicedtoad

2 жыл бұрын

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.

My brain: gets it finally My eyes 1 sec later: no

@TIO540S1

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

I still can't figure out if it's rotating clockwise or counterclockwise lmao

@cherias.4069

3 жыл бұрын

@@TIO540S1 -is Kool.

@robertmcgregor8639

3 жыл бұрын

i think somethings wrong with me cus i saw it imediatley

@Ama3l

3 жыл бұрын

My brain: Visualises it turning around My 1st eye: no My 2nd eye: yes

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.

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.

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 жыл бұрын

I could see the rotation with the ruler after a few seconds

@Mehwhatevr

3 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

I could see the paper one if you focus on the curve of the paper

@Crit1cal57

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

If I really try to see it I can, but the ruler still stumps me

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 жыл бұрын

Same here. I’m finally defeated by an illusion.

@minderbinderful

3 жыл бұрын

same - watch the shadows

@TheFriendlyInvader

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@hanleyk lol

Absolutely amazing video! I was thinking of your analogy at the end when you showed the Ames rooms

This was awesome. You whent much further into the depths of the meaning beyond science. Kudos.

The most incredible thing is that he trust the thin wires holding it up

@JuancarlosRodriguez-bx3bw

3 жыл бұрын

i know right

@billybobjones4317

3 жыл бұрын

He didn't have far to fall and I am sure at most he would have had a broken back ;)

@sacripudding4586

3 жыл бұрын

Those thin wires are incredibly strong and I doubt he was even stressing them by being up there.

@billybobjones4317

3 жыл бұрын

@@sacripudding4586 Many a famous last word was very similar ;)

@maveluck

3 жыл бұрын

No thin air.

"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 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@addmoreice

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

Another lesson: even though there are many things that are uncertain, there are also many things that are certainly wrong.

@Yous0147

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

Ah, Reddit. The literal shithole of the internet.

I had totally forgotten about the Curiosity Show. Used to watch it when I was a kid.

A rare creation that keeps getting better and better all the way to the last sentence.. more wisdom and knowledge = more humility

I can't stop thinking about them dining on Christmas with that huge sculpture hanging near their table

@coffeecuppepsi

3 жыл бұрын

At least it's better than the disco ball

8:28 "It just looks like an ordinary room" Um.. That's the most unordinary room I've ever seen.

@TruthAndLoyalty

3 жыл бұрын

idk about you, but all my rooms are covered in giant paintings of toys.

@nitehawk86

3 жыл бұрын

Willy Wonka is laughing at us.

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!

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...

The illusion is enhanced by the camera's single "eye".

@dawanasianboy3153

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrAssaultcube YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, THAT IS TRUE THAT IS TRUE THAT IS TRUUUUE

@dawanasianboy3153

3 жыл бұрын

Y O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

@pajarothebird9842

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@MrAssaultcube YES BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, TRUEEE!!!!

@ld1661

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrAssaultcube YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Life lesson: "My brain prefers the illusion over what is really happening"

@rockyo_fn

3 жыл бұрын

yup

@MrAquinas1

3 жыл бұрын

That's why I know Elvis lives.

@coreyg7364

3 жыл бұрын

This preference, as it turns out, is extremely common. It is, in fact, what keeps main stream media in business.

@garychristopher999

3 жыл бұрын

So you must be a ________________ (fill in Democrat or Republican).

@letsmakegadgets6899

3 жыл бұрын

@SPECTRUM - PERSONAL He's referencing people who's personality are attached to their political party, and how they see the opposing one as stupid.

15:08 ABSOLUTELY!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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!

"Stop being so certain about things" Should be the automated response when anyone posts on twitter.

@3ckitani

3 жыл бұрын

""Haha your opinion sucks mine is the only valid one so shut up""

@tubebrocoli

3 жыл бұрын

especially when talking about gender :/

@zeffery101

3 жыл бұрын

are you certain that we shouldn't be so certain?? 🤔

@imveryangryitsnotbutter

3 жыл бұрын

@@zeffery101 Certainly.

Unless I focus and concentrate really hard on the "thinner" end, my brain is totally fooled. And I love it :)

@Garrett_Rowland

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

Same

@skyla4764

3 жыл бұрын

Aaa

@user-km4cf4yz9e

3 жыл бұрын

@@Garrett_Rowland дого3

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

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

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

Same! As soon as he told me it oscillates, that's all I could see from then on

@hayaalawadhi534

2 жыл бұрын

The opposite happened to me XD

@AboveEmAllProduction

2 жыл бұрын

that means you got the g.e.y :(

@laestrella9727

Жыл бұрын

That's the point though - the illusion makes it look like things are rotating 'through' the window so you saw what most people see.

"This doesn't make any sense" *Proceeds to make sense of it*

@dharmathilakawalakuluarach2136

3 жыл бұрын

what ?? Noooo it makes sense !

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.

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!

Tittle: The illusion that only some person can see Alternate tittle: The illusion that a person can only sometimes unsee

@thetreasonseason

3 жыл бұрын

are the 2 ts in tittle in this context an illusion?

@aryanmaheshgupta8086

3 жыл бұрын

@@thetreasonseason delete this now.........Not everyone is able to see through an illusion....

@dalmaronthefirst2237

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@dalmaronthefirst2237 Same, but there is a moment where my brain goes "wait wait wait, I had blinked and missed averything!".

@dalmaronthefirst2237

3 жыл бұрын

@@EnabiSeira yeh and then I have to start picturing it all over again. Its REALLY hard to do through an entire rotation.

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 жыл бұрын

Typical Veritasium

@WolfyRed

3 жыл бұрын

101 likes nice

@SoofaBeach

3 жыл бұрын

right

@timclarke8523

3 жыл бұрын

Yep

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.

This my fav video yet. Been binge watching this channel.

Kudos for mentioning the "Curiosity Show". Rob and Dean were my heroes too.

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

Try staring at the outermost line, you'll see that it rotates!

@Yea___

Жыл бұрын

@@blankblank jesus christ

@blankblank

Жыл бұрын

@@fiecl4383 ?

@youtuber7186

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

Wow, the message toppled the contents which is on of the best i have ever seen on youtube

This was my biggest confusion since last week, when i observed this phenomena in park's gate... Thanks for this explanation 😊

Brain: “Oscillating” Veritasium: “Rotating” Reality: It is just a 2D video, the pixels just get squeezed and unsqueezed over and over again.

@Aeronor2001

3 жыл бұрын

You're just sitting in front of a panel presenting a stream of quickly-updating colored dots!

@ericcsuf

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, the pixels remain the same size no matter what they are representing.

@rk99688

3 жыл бұрын

@@ericcsuf So the pixel colors are oscillating

@jlco

3 жыл бұрын

Pixels getting squeezed? Dang, my monitor must be really out of date then.

@Cythil

3 жыл бұрын

@@jlco Stop living in 2020! Get with 2021! Squeeze pixels are the future! ;)

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 жыл бұрын

The perceptual inconsistency is what I find cool too lol.

@bentracy7463

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@bentracy7463 *Rubik's

Thank you for shouting out The Curiosity Show

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

Thanks for acknowledging the source of this, and there is much more at kzread.info where we are steadily uploading segments from Curiosity Show each week - Rob

@Yeagizzo

3 жыл бұрын

Love curiosity show!

@shaunbrennan5281

3 жыл бұрын

CuriosityShow Hey Rob! Watched them all as a kid! Great to see it live on.

@dustinpoissant

3 жыл бұрын

What was your source?

@joevideowatcher

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@pfhuber

3 жыл бұрын

Rob, Oh my gaawd!

"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 жыл бұрын

A depiction of today's world...

@JeffCaplan313

3 жыл бұрын

@@adrianvarela8890 Just today?

@vorpal22

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@Mentocthemindtaker

3 жыл бұрын

But did you watch The Curiosity Show?

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

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.

My Frontal Lobe: "This is quite interesting. Neat." My Basal Ganglia: "What sorcery is this? Kill it!"

@protorhinocerator142

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@protorhinocerator142 Lol, that's a cool idea

@bamsuth9650

3 жыл бұрын

nerd

@randomq1982

3 жыл бұрын

@@bamsuth9650 more of a spaz really, good try tho

@justinmiller129

3 жыл бұрын

For some reason, the window reminds me of this *spider* : kzread.info/dash/bejne/lGV-uM-NnZDZc9Y.html&

I saw the rotation correctly and now I can not unsee it to be fascinated.

@deepstariaenigmatica2601

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

Same you can see an optional illusion but you can't unsee it

@mahfoozmiah2008

3 жыл бұрын

It’s because we are Asian

@calimyers2229

3 жыл бұрын

same

@Battusai1984

3 жыл бұрын

I saw the illusion, then by the end of the video i only saw it rotate.

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!

Love the video. The end was brilliant!! 💖

if you stare at the corner you can actually bypass the illusion sometimes

@rabid_dog268

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@pennyw2226

3 жыл бұрын

I just think of it as a 2d object and I can bypass it

@HistoricTecnoFAN

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

HOW ARE YOU IN THE COMMENTS OF EVERY VIDEO I WATCH

@raihan_r.j

3 жыл бұрын

yeah

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

That's good, people who can see through this illusion are at higher risk of schizophrenia and derealization.

@thepewplace1370

2 жыл бұрын

@@saigonpunkid do you have evidence to support that?

@kylemozisek4885

2 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

haha

Love the message at the end.

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 💙

"Oh the Irony" that got me so well

@meghanshu7424

3 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@pratn

3 жыл бұрын

Iron man is Fe male

@chirag9159

3 жыл бұрын

@@pratn god this got me cracking up...

@weareallblinded

3 жыл бұрын

finally i saw it rotate

@YadaBoyish

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, "irony" got me to subscribe.

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 жыл бұрын

I could do this for just a second, but only because the card had a slight bend to it

@kaps_k8742

2 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

dude idk what the heck is happening I'm not smart enough to correct it

@helen4278

2 жыл бұрын

@@mama_caca same, it's driving me crazy

@daniel9525

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

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.

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.

It's so cool how you can condition yourself to see it in different ways.

@malfattio2894

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it reminds me of those Laurel and Green Needle audio clips

@MultiFabar

3 жыл бұрын

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.

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

I found the rounded window significantly reduced the illusion for both windows for me.

@crakkajac7856

3 жыл бұрын

I dont understand what illusion people are seeing? I dont see it, just him hanging there and spinning.

@Whimsical_Inquiror

3 жыл бұрын

"red and green pattern that changes your brainwaves" Where is this illusion, what's its name?

@theconnectedchris305

3 жыл бұрын

its in the modulated waves of cellular technology man. Theres no hiding from them now. they gotcha man.... they gotyou

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

Ай бұрын

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

Ай бұрын

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.

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.

It’s even easier to fool the eye when looking at a 2d screen

@notmrsunday7888

3 жыл бұрын

ye

@Scribe13013

3 жыл бұрын

- kzread.info/dash/bejne/ammKxNZuhNa6m6w.html

@Fazorplays

3 жыл бұрын

@@Scribe13013 stop

@giancarlo3115

3 жыл бұрын

It's like seeing it with one eye

@idontcare7961

3 жыл бұрын

And much easier when nasa reseases new movies and fools think its real.

“So we should approach the world and our conclusions about it with a little more humility and a little less certainty”. ❤️

@gusmoraless

3 жыл бұрын

Valid to apply to the affirmation: "there is a consensus about the human causes of climate change"

@Mrbingles9

3 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

85!

@gusmoraless

3 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

@@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.

I almost cry with the conclusion ❤️

just found this video. Absolutely awesome.

"Clearly, Leonardo knew how to give side-eye" "Oh, the IRON-y" DEREEEEEK PLEASE

@gregm.3788

3 жыл бұрын

I think a LOT of people didn't get that one at the end of the video, that was a good one.

@Saareem

3 жыл бұрын

@@gregm.3788 It was a great one!

@LordofSyn

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@gregm.3788 It made me laugh audibly. My family thinks I'm weird.

@avedic

3 жыл бұрын

7:49 Ok Michael.......get back to making Vsauce videos buddy.

"You should never never doubt what nobody is sure about."

@psibarpsi

3 жыл бұрын

You do realise it is _not_ equivalent to "you should always doubt what nobody is sure about."?

@aapkefather1872

3 жыл бұрын

Like Aliens?

@tonylee1667

3 жыл бұрын

@@psibarpsi It’s equivalent to “You should doubt at least once what nobody is sure about”

@psibarpsi

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonylee1667 yeah. Exactly.

@soreloser6018

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonylee1667 so wouldn't the inverse be "Almost always doubt what people are certain of."? Sounds like this is advocating for skepticism.

That slight bending helped me see the complete rotation.

What a fantastic conclusion 😍😍😍

"Your eyes can deceive you; don't trust them." - Obi-Wan Kenobi

@davemwangi05

3 жыл бұрын

Now put this in the context of the allegory of the cave.

@deandavis8987

3 жыл бұрын

@@davemwangi05 I can, but not in a way that you'd understand.

@heinzerbrew

3 жыл бұрын

Good quote, but it isn't your eyes that are deceiving you. It is your brain...

@alexandernotchappleseed9965

3 жыл бұрын

Damn it I was going to leave a like till I noticed the 69 likes nice

@kevinj9059

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexandernotchappleseed9965 A worthy sacrifice.

"I saw this on a curiosity show, and i was... curious"

@dylanbetts2928

3 жыл бұрын

Curiosity made the cat smarter.

@ducklingchief8289

3 жыл бұрын

"if you want to watch it go to curiosity stream and use my code in the description bellow"

11:11 fwiw, I would like to have a moment of that kid's enthusiasm, and the saw sounds that follow as my ringtone.

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

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 жыл бұрын

If you looks at the bottom corner of the long side, you see it rotate a little bit more imo.

@invictus1180

3 жыл бұрын

Your brain will always trust your eyes above all, and that is especially exemplified by the McGurk effect.

Imagine a burglar tries to break into a trapezoid window. He'll be confused asf

@mehulfuria5997

3 жыл бұрын

He won't. But anyone actually watching a burglar break through a trapezoid window would.

@LethalSwizzle

3 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

@@LethalSwizzle to confuse burglars, of course

@earthboundcustoms

3 жыл бұрын

itll oscillate until he's crawling back out the window and is impossible to crawl in.

@kurtreber9813

3 жыл бұрын

@@earthboundcustoms lol he wont know if he's coming or going

This has been my favorite Illusion for a long time.

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.