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Thursday Open Thread | 200 comments (200 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

I don't think the image changes. It's all in the feet, and what you concentrate on, I think. If I look at the lowest shadow that comes in and out of the frame, she moves clockwise, but if I look at the foot in the center of the bottom of the image and look up, she moves counter-clockwise. That how I make it change.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 04:30:10 PM EST
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So far we're all seeing clockwise. Any anti-clockwise people around? (If there are none, that would suggest that ET is strongly one way--and I'd like to see a scientific explanation of how the image works...any links much appreciated! Thing is, in the text of the article it states: "Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise.")

Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.

by rg (leopold dot lepster at google mail dot com) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 04:35:13 PM EST
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Well, I think it goes without saying that the denizens of ET are not most people. :-)

(Although for sitemeter purposes, some possibly might wish that they were....)

I think the count is one anti-clockwise and everyone else clockwise, so far.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 04:37:42 PM EST
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I think we're all clockwise so far. Did I miss a comment?

Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.

by rg (leopold dot lepster at google mail dot com) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 04:49:19 PM EST
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All of mine.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 04:50:48 PM EST
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I mean, to clarify, when I first see it it is always going counter clockwise. But I can also see it go clockwise if I want to.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 04:52:26 PM EST
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Ah! Yes!

(I just checked: she was going counter clockwise in your honour.)

Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.

by rg (leopold dot lepster at google mail dot com) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 04:59:50 PM EST
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I can only see it counter clockwise. I'm left handed if that has anything to do with it.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 05:02:18 PM EST
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Are there any brain specialists aroung?

Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.

by rg (leopold dot lepster at google mail dot com) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 05:09:50 PM EST
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a dog sniffing something on the ground?

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 07:14:56 PM EST
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Do you ask that because you can't find your dalmatian in the picture?

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 07:19:30 PM EST
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I ask because I see a dalmation oblivious to the fact that it is about to be eaten by a huge snake.

Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.

by rg (leopold dot lepster at google mail dot com) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 07:22:21 PM EST
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Counter-clockwise at first. Took me some time, but now I can change from one view to the other pretty fast.

"If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles." Sun Tzu

by Turambar (sersguenda at hotmail com) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 11:05:06 PM EST
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Thing is, in the text of the article it states: "Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise."
Ah, but we all know that ET is not populated by the most common elements. Tomorrow I will make everyone at work look at this thing. A whole pile of scientists and engineers. It shall be most interesting to see if they all fall within the easy expectation of 'left-brained', or if there are other things afoot, and the kind of work that we do in fact requires/benefits from a large amount of 'right-brain' creativity.

by someone (s0me1smail(a)gmail(d)com) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 04:42:10 PM EST
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I'm wondering if there's a bias towards "right brain"--maybe from the designers. If they say "most people see anti-clockwise" but, in fact, most people see "clockwise", then most people will feel special--plus right brain is sorta associated with seeing the big picture, tuning into emotions, and other elements that I think most humans would like to think they are good at.

So...

Er...

Don't forget to report back!

(And anyone with links to those who designed this--mucho appreciatum!)

Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.

by rg (leopold dot lepster at google mail dot com) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 04:46:42 PM EST
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huh. I guess I'm not part of "we all." Fine, have your little clique.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 04:49:52 PM EST
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Oh oh! Let's not alienate out anti-clockwise contignent! Maybe we need some ET Equality directive, forbidding discrimination based on brain-sidedness?

by someone (s0me1smail(a)gmail(d)com) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 04:57:38 PM EST
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I'll draft one up. You'll each need to draft your own for implementation and compliance within your own countries though.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 09:22:47 PM EST
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