Thursday, 14 January 2016

The Illusion Machine That Teaches Us How We See

The Illusion Machine That Teaches Us How We See

The man sprang onstage dressed as a miner, complete with headlamp and pickaxe. After swinging the axe a few times, he proclaimed to the audience that he had discovered a “supermagnet”—a substance so strong it could attract even wood. A video screen above him appeared to prove him right: It showed wooden balls rolling up four ramps, seemingly unbound by gravity.

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