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How Optical Illusions Work

Stuff You Should Know

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The Power of Optical Illusions

The further something is away, the more of an effect those things have on the detail you see. And then there's another one that I hadn't heard of called atmospheric perspective. The brain's like constantly using all of these little cues and tricks to put together a conception of what it's seeing at any given point in time. What optical illusions are, again, these things you can produce to reliably trick the brain into making these wrong decisions that shows its hand.

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