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Ever heard of the "Ames Window" illusion? This old video will melt your brain.
Not The Bee ^ | · Jan 8, 2023 | NTB Staff ·

Posted on 01/09/2023 12:11:18 PM PST by Red Badger

Historic Vids · In 1951, Adelbert Ames created the mind-boggling ‘Ames Window’

Simply fascinating.

OPTICAL ILLUSION.............

VIDEO AT LINK............................


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1 posted on 01/09/2023 12:11:18 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Cool Beans!


2 posted on 01/09/2023 12:13:59 PM PST by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: Red Badger

Yup. Did that in school many yrs ago.


3 posted on 01/09/2023 12:16:52 PM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: Red Badger

Cool! :-)


4 posted on 01/09/2023 12:17:04 PM PST by left that other site (Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.)
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To: Red Badger

LOL! That’s FUN.


5 posted on 01/09/2023 12:19:47 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Red Badger

Bookmark


6 posted on 01/09/2023 12:22:41 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how thery control you. )
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To: Red Badger
A YouTube link from in the referenced Twitter thread - HERE
7 posted on 01/09/2023 12:23:02 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: Red Badger

Oh man, now I’m ruined for the rest of the day.


8 posted on 01/09/2023 12:23:26 PM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Red Badger

Really nifty! Anybody know how I can post this to Facebook? Would one have to jump through hoops and fill. out stuff from notthebee to see it?


9 posted on 01/09/2023 12:27:28 PM PST by supremedoctrine
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To: Red Badger

Another good one is the McGurk effect. Where you hear something different when you watch someone talk with your eyes watching them, vs. with your eyes closed.


10 posted on 01/09/2023 12:27:43 PM PST by Codeflier (My voting days are over. Let it burn...give the people what they want good and hard.)
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To: supremedoctrine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KrpZMNEDOY


11 posted on 01/09/2023 12:28:30 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Codeflier

OH, YOU MEAN LIKE LISTENING TO A BIDEN SPEECH?................


12 posted on 01/09/2023 12:29:32 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

+1!


13 posted on 01/09/2023 12:30:30 PM PST by stevio (Fight until you die.)
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To: Red Badger

That’s slicker than the bottom of an owl’s cage.

(Believe me, I know.)


14 posted on 01/09/2023 12:31:26 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Red Badger

i will have to do this for my nephews...

what a great illusion.


15 posted on 01/09/2023 12:33:36 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: teeman8r

https://www.instructables.com/Ames-Window/


16 posted on 01/09/2023 12:35:02 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Codeflier

Anyone with a hearing impairment (I have one) can tell you what a cluster f@$k wearing masks were during COVID. You don’t realize how much communication is visual & how many gaps your brain fills in for you.


17 posted on 01/09/2023 12:56:55 PM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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“We should approach the world with a little more humility and a little less certainty”
From the video.


18 posted on 01/09/2023 12:57:42 PM PST by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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Optical illusions are fun.

Political ones are not...................


19 posted on 01/09/2023 1:03:34 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

I thought it good advise to the leftist haters.


20 posted on 01/09/2023 1:15:08 PM PST by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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