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Optical Illusion

I am so, so excited about getting back to Hefei that I have already packed my bag.

How ridiculous! I am not sure I have ever got my bag packed more than a day in advance before. It makes it easy that I only have a few summer clothes I wear here, so all my winter things can go away… but still..

I am really looking forward to seeing our apartment, to buying furniture and to making it all homely. I am going to learn to sew and cook all sorts of Chinese food well…. Ahh so exciting!

Every now and then though, I fell my brain rotting away, just a little bit.

How is it that I studied for so long to do something I loved so much and then suddenly just forgot about it? It’s a little weird really and I am sure it says something bad about my personality.

I have had a few moments when I missed my work a little, like the time a few weeks ago that I set off into a really detailed explanation of the causes and effects of epilepsy to a group of slightly bemused English conversation students.

Just to make sure I stay in the loop, I added Neuroscience and Mental Health to my StumbleUpon interests the other day so as I can stumble upon some interesting websites that may actually get my brain working a little sometimes.

Somewhere along the way today, I found this optical illusion which I haven’t seen before. It still has my mind spinning.

checkerboard

The squares marked “A” and “B” are exactly the same shade of grey.

Don’t believe me?

Visit Edward Andelson’s site for the proof.

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  1. johno | July 8th, 2007 | 3:28 am

    Incredible. Actually, I didn’t believe you, so I checked the colours with a colour-picker, and both squares are identical. In the above image both squares have an RGG Hex value of #787878. This is a good find. I look forward to seeing more.

  2. lijunlaopo | July 8th, 2007 | 12:57 pm

    Thanks Johno,
    Even though I checked it for myself (a couple of times), I still don’t believe me either.

  3. Sophiagurl | July 8th, 2007 | 6:27 pm

    incredible! i can’t quite believe my eyes. haha. but i do believe you Sally.

  4. Dee | July 8th, 2007 | 8:30 pm

    Now that is cool. I had to check with a colour picker too. :-)

  5. lijunlaopo | July 8th, 2007 | 8:46 pm

    Hi Sophiagurl, thank-you for believing me! You have more faith in me than I do! haha.

    Thanks for the visit Dee, it’s amazing isn’t it!

  6. Baxter Tocher | July 9th, 2007 | 3:31 am

    My brain is itchy just thinking about this. I haven’t checked with a colour picker, but I believe you too :-)

  7. lijunlaopo | July 9th, 2007 | 5:54 pm

    Ah, you all have such faith in me!! Thanks Baxter!

  8. Tracy | July 9th, 2007 | 10:46 pm

    How amazing! hehe
    Took me a while to cover the rest part to see these two are of the same color!

  9. lijunlaopo | July 10th, 2007 | 2:19 pm

    Haha, it’s good isn’t it!

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