“The apparent 95% of people that refuse to believe that it may simply be an interesting optical illusion makes me wonder if we really DO need the elites to do our thinking for us.”
Well if anything it’s been an interesting display of human nature. Imagine when things get more complex.
Our propensity for wanting something to be is something we all must keep in self check and fight self deception.
Hence good scientific process and a good skeptical tool kit.
That being said, I can see something visually impactful as this being hard to understand without some experience and knowledge about it. So it is expected on some level.
My latest graphic post re the "Outbound vs "Inbound" question...