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Worked for me – the dot pattern was making waves as the rolling thing passed them. Not a very strong effect, but then again, I’m tired and can’t focus my eyes too well at the moment.
Yes (and I’m dyslexic so that makes no difference). Trick is to stop your eyes glancing up at the dots as they’ll stop moving if you try to catch them at it, the pesky things.
What the bleep am I supposed to see? A stupid cylinder being rolled from side to side? So bleeping what? Is this part of a sinister secret conspiracy by evil alien hippopotamuses to make me waste 46 seconds of my life, just to prevent me from helping to build a better society?
I saw nothing except a commercial I had to X out-replayed and sorry,still saw nothing. By the way, I thought i was no longer a member due to your change in comment area and site in general & stupidly signed up again-please don’t send me double emails. Thanks so much.
Yup, although I have to say it took sharp eyesight to see it. Without my glasses on, without looking closely, without blinking to clear my eyes up and make sure I was focused on the rolling thing but without staring too hard at it, I could see the dot pattern “waving” around.
I wonder how it’d work with bigger dots. Maybe just a couple rows of them in a bigger size.
Saw it. The trick is NOT to look at the dots but to rather focus only on the rolling object. Its difficult as the eyes naturally want to go up to the dots when something happens. You have to catch the motion in your peripheral vision.
Yes, an interesting effect of false movement in the peripheral vision. The tricky bit is to keep focused on the cylinder, and not glance up at the dots when they seem to move.
I agree with the ads screwing it up. Was almost EXACTLY the size of the rolling object we were supposed to watch.
I’m trying to determine if the perceived movement goes from light to dark or dark to light? It’s hard because you can’t actually look at it or the effect is lost. Seems to me like it goes towards the dark but the overall motion is perpendicular to the two dots. Weird.
Did work for me but only at the first part. For people they doesnt see anything weird: Try again with tired eyes. Be relaxed. The dots will move only a bit, nearly from the rolling object.
It was a little hard to totally focus on the rolling object, but when i could the dots moved in a wave like pattern. I think that the people who cannot see it aren’t concentrating only on the rolling object!
It sort of worked for me but I thought it was a bit weak because the rolling object was so stop and start in its motion. If it had been a smooth rolling motion at a constant speed or even better 2 or 3 objects rolling in succession I think it would have worked much better.
Did the dots seem to be moving down towards the rolling object for anyone? They did for me at first. I kinda saw the wave effect. Then when the guy turned the page the other way up, it stopped working. Why did he start moving the object slower?!
This illusion seems to work because our eyes try to accomodate not only the rolling candle but also the offset dots in our peripheral vision. We can’t quite see both without the ‘movement’. Have to try different variations of this where dots are spaced further apart, closer together, in a straight line, and also if their seems to be any difference in perceived movement between early morning and late evening? Amazing how our minds eye can be tricked.
LIKE IN ASTROLOGY
Hay un incremento evidente de los partos durante la luna creciente en el mes de dias mas cortos respecto al mes de dias mas largos ¿efecto simbolico, como el de un cuadro shockeante colgado en hospitales? ó serotonina por cambio de luminosidad, tambien se nota una equiparacion de lunas creciente y menguante con las demas fases en el mes de dias de duradion promedio o intermedia.
Ademas de que para 100 incidentes de raiz sicologica reportados en diarios se observa que se duplican los incidentes a mediados del mes siguiente al dia mas corto del año desde luna nueva a luna llena. Tambien hay una relacion del 30% sobre el azar de la fase de la luna de la concepcion y el temperamento.
La posición de los planetas en el momento del nacimiento es determinante de la personalidad.
Es la conclusión que se obtiene del estudio científico realizado por la Universidad de Vanderbilt que de forma no intencional, llegó a esa conclusión tras analizar diversas hipótesis con el fin de desmentirlas. Inicialmente el objetivo era desde el escepticismo, probar que no era cierto, pero resultó verdadero. Además, llegaron mas lejos: “Llegaron a medir los cambios funcionales en el cerebro, como consecuencia de las posiciones planetarias en el momento del nacimiento.”
El estudio ha sido publicado por la revista Nature Neuroscience.
Este estudio, fue realizado con ratones e inicialmente mostró, que aquellos que habían nacido en invierno mostraban una continua tendencia consistente en un ralentizamiento de su actividad durante el día. De esa forma serían más sensibles al denominado Desorden afectivo estacional. Textualmente citamos:
“The study was carried out by Professor of Biological Sciences Douglas McMahon, graduate student Chris Ciarleglio, post-doctoral fellow Karen Gamble and two additional undergraduate
los genes activados cierto mes para causar determinado temperamento en humanos durante un año de luminosidad intermedia principalmente, se activan en
el mes que se aleja del verano en los años de luminosidad media_alta y en el que le sigue en los años de luminosidad máxima.
verificaciones cientificas de la astrologia se encuentran como:
“mammal.moon.circadian.research”
“perinatal.photoperiod.behaviour.circadian”
“month of birth.behaviour.etiology”
anibal morbo Says:
September 30, 2011 at 2:16 pm | Reply
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September 27, 2011 at 7:05 am |
Nope, don’t get it.
Couldn’t focus on the rolling thing because I expected the dots to do something.
September 27, 2011 at 7:06 am |
really sorry… but nothing happened for me…
September 27, 2011 at 7:08 am |
didn’t see anything either.
September 27, 2011 at 7:09 am |
@Damocles, @Aseem Kumar:
They move like a wave, I saw it clearly!
September 27, 2011 at 4:42 pm
Found it a little hard to see, but I saw them moving like a wave too.
September 27, 2011 at 7:10 am |
Nothing to see here!
September 27, 2011 at 11:41 am
Works well for me on my iPhone.
September 27, 2011 at 7:12 am |
Got it! Wow, that’s a good one. Catch the wave!
September 27, 2011 at 7:12 am |
@David Holman, let me have my first cup of coffee and I’ll see if there’s movement.
September 27, 2011 at 7:12 am |
Worked for me – the dot pattern was making waves as the rolling thing passed them. Not a very strong effect, but then again, I’m tired and can’t focus my eyes too well at the moment.
September 27, 2011 at 9:15 am
Yeah the same to me
September 27, 2011 at 7:38 am |
It only worked when an ad didn’t cover the entire candle
September 28, 2011 at 6:42 pm
adblock
September 27, 2011 at 7:39 am |
No but i am dyslexic.
September 27, 2011 at 7:42 am |
It worked a bit for me, I even enlarged it to fill my 42″ screen, and it never got very profound. …but I did see a little of the effect. Kinda neat.
September 27, 2011 at 8:01 am |
Yes (and I’m dyslexic so that makes no difference). Trick is to stop your eyes glancing up at the dots as they’ll stop moving if you try to catch them at it, the pesky things.
September 27, 2011 at 8:09 am |
Didn’t help that a Google ad popped up over the top of the rolling thing.
September 27, 2011 at 8:14 am |
It worked for me, but its quite hard to resist looking at the dots when they start moving.
September 27, 2011 at 8:42 am |
didn’t work at all…
September 27, 2011 at 8:48 am |
I saw an ad for contact lenses.
September 27, 2011 at 8:54 am |
22/7 != pi
Ok, just kidding. Very subtle effect.
September 27, 2011 at 1:34 pm
you’ve given me a great idea for a puzzle….
September 27, 2011 at 8:57 am |
I saw a youtube commercial. was that it?
September 27, 2011 at 9:02 am |
Didn’t work. I can’t focus on the rolling thing and look at the dots at the same time.
September 27, 2011 at 9:04 am |
What the bleep am I supposed to see? A stupid cylinder being rolled from side to side? So bleeping what? Is this part of a sinister secret conspiracy by evil alien hippopotamuses to make me waste 46 seconds of my life, just to prevent me from helping to build a better society?
September 27, 2011 at 9:59 am |
I found it worked on fullscreen when I kept my head still and followed it with my eyes, but not when I moved my head.
September 27, 2011 at 10:22 am |
I saw nothing except a commercial I had to X out-replayed and sorry,still saw nothing. By the way, I thought i was no longer a member due to your change in comment area and site in general & stupidly signed up again-please don’t send me double emails. Thanks so much.
September 27, 2011 at 10:40 am |
I works perfectly! amazing wave even with slow roll movement!
September 27, 2011 at 11:03 am |
Yup, although I have to say it took sharp eyesight to see it. Without my glasses on, without looking closely, without blinking to clear my eyes up and make sure I was focused on the rolling thing but without staring too hard at it, I could see the dot pattern “waving” around.
I wonder how it’d work with bigger dots. Maybe just a couple rows of them in a bigger size.
September 27, 2011 at 11:04 am |
Doesn’t work so well without my bifocals. Strange but probably not according to the label with them.
September 27, 2011 at 11:20 am |
Saw it. The trick is NOT to look at the dots but to rather focus only on the rolling object. Its difficult as the eyes naturally want to go up to the dots when something happens. You have to catch the motion in your peripheral vision.
September 27, 2011 at 1:19 pm |
Only works for me if I look at the end of the cylinder. Doesn’t work if I look at the body of the cylinder.
September 27, 2011 at 1:38 pm |
Yes, an interesting effect of false movement in the peripheral vision. The tricky bit is to keep focused on the cylinder, and not glance up at the dots when they seem to move.
September 27, 2011 at 2:06 pm |
Worked! Nice trick.
September 27, 2011 at 3:38 pm |
Worked, but the ad ruined the fun. Use Vimeo rather than YouTube = avoid ads.
September 27, 2011 at 4:07 pm |
I agree with the ads screwing it up. Was almost EXACTLY the size of the rolling object we were supposed to watch.
I’m trying to determine if the perceived movement goes from light to dark or dark to light? It’s hard because you can’t actually look at it or the effect is lost. Seems to me like it goes towards the dark but the overall motion is perpendicular to the two dots. Weird.
September 27, 2011 at 4:29 pm |
Did work for me but only at the first part. For people they doesnt see anything weird: Try again with tired eyes. Be relaxed. The dots will move only a bit, nearly from the rolling object.
September 27, 2011 at 5:37 pm |
Did work for me.. but barely.. not as impressive as others i have seen here
September 27, 2011 at 5:37 pm |
Works for me! That’s pretty awesome!
September 27, 2011 at 5:38 pm |
It worked better for me in a small window than full screen on my laptop.
September 27, 2011 at 5:39 pm |
Yup. The dots look like as if they move in a wave
September 27, 2011 at 5:39 pm |
Worked for me. Weird!
September 27, 2011 at 5:40 pm |
Only on full screen
September 27, 2011 at 5:42 pm |
Very wavy indeed. Now feeling quite sea-sick!
September 27, 2011 at 5:50 pm |
yep wave works for me…
September 27, 2011 at 5:50 pm |
The effect was strong and constant to me. Strongest when eyes were moving from left to right.
September 27, 2011 at 5:51 pm |
It was a little hard to totally focus on the rolling object, but when i could the dots moved in a wave like pattern. I think that the people who cannot see it aren’t concentrating only on the rolling object!
September 28, 2011 at 10:21 am
If I concentrate only on the rolling object, I can’t see the dots moving because I’m not looking at them. So that doesn’t work either.
September 27, 2011 at 5:54 pm |
worked for me until the card was turned over, then nothing happened.
September 27, 2011 at 5:59 pm |
For all the people complaining about the ads: use an ad blocker. I use adblocker plus on firefox and never see any.
September 27, 2011 at 6:07 pm |
The dots move like they are being pushed as the block rolls past. Is that what I was supposed to see?
September 27, 2011 at 6:29 pm |
Works for me, when there isn’t an annoying ad covering the rolling thing.
September 27, 2011 at 6:45 pm |
Worked brilliantly – love it
September 27, 2011 at 6:59 pm |
Very elegant! I like that one.
September 27, 2011 at 7:00 pm |
In full screen it works!
September 27, 2011 at 7:02 pm |
Nope, not even a little.
September 27, 2011 at 7:40 pm |
Saw a bit of wavy motion with the dots, but having to deal w/the commercial at the bottom was a distraction and probably lessened the effect.
September 27, 2011 at 7:54 pm |
Yes, works for me, but the perceived motion of the dots makes it hard to concentrate on the rolling thing.
September 27, 2011 at 8:00 pm |
works for me!
September 27, 2011 at 8:03 pm |
It sort of worked for me but I thought it was a bit weak because the rolling object was so stop and start in its motion. If it had been a smooth rolling motion at a constant speed or even better 2 or 3 objects rolling in succession I think it would have worked much better.
September 27, 2011 at 8:55 pm |
Yip – no problems viewing the wavy dots on this one. Feel a bit sea sick now.
September 27, 2011 at 11:49 pm |
Works a little for me when the paper is turned over
September 28, 2011 at 7:45 am |
Very effective. Just focus on the rolling tube and it will come….
September 28, 2011 at 9:22 am |
Took the first couple rolls, but I got it, very cool!
September 28, 2011 at 11:59 am |
my daughter, husband and I all can see it clearly… wave motions… it makes me feel quite dizzy though!
September 28, 2011 at 9:05 pm |
Did the dots seem to be moving down towards the rolling object for anyone? They did for me at first. I kinda saw the wave effect. Then when the guy turned the page the other way up, it stopped working. Why did he start moving the object slower?!
September 29, 2011 at 1:16 pm |
This illusion seems to work because our eyes try to accomodate not only the rolling candle but also the offset dots in our peripheral vision. We can’t quite see both without the ‘movement’. Have to try different variations of this where dots are spaced further apart, closer together, in a straight line, and also if their seems to be any difference in perceived movement between early morning and late evening? Amazing how our minds eye can be tricked.
September 30, 2011 at 2:25 pm |
LIKE IN ASTROLOGY
Hay un incremento evidente de los partos durante la luna creciente en el mes de dias mas cortos respecto al mes de dias mas largos ¿efecto simbolico, como el de un cuadro shockeante colgado en hospitales? ó serotonina por cambio de luminosidad, tambien se nota una equiparacion de lunas creciente y menguante con las demas fases en el mes de dias de duradion promedio o intermedia.
Ademas de que para 100 incidentes de raiz sicologica reportados en diarios se observa que se duplican los incidentes a mediados del mes siguiente al dia mas corto del año desde luna nueva a luna llena. Tambien hay una relacion del 30% sobre el azar de la fase de la luna de la concepcion y el temperamento.
La posición de los planetas en el momento del nacimiento es determinante de la personalidad.
Es la conclusión que se obtiene del estudio científico realizado por la Universidad de Vanderbilt que de forma no intencional, llegó a esa conclusión tras analizar diversas hipótesis con el fin de desmentirlas. Inicialmente el objetivo era desde el escepticismo, probar que no era cierto, pero resultó verdadero. Además, llegaron mas lejos: “Llegaron a medir los cambios funcionales en el cerebro, como consecuencia de las posiciones planetarias en el momento del nacimiento.”
El estudio ha sido publicado por la revista Nature Neuroscience.
Este estudio, fue realizado con ratones e inicialmente mostró, que aquellos que habían nacido en invierno mostraban una continua tendencia consistente en un ralentizamiento de su actividad durante el día. De esa forma serían más sensibles al denominado Desorden afectivo estacional. Textualmente citamos:
“The study was carried out by Professor of Biological Sciences Douglas McMahon, graduate student Chris Ciarleglio, post-doctoral fellow Karen Gamble and two additional undergraduate
los genes activados cierto mes para causar determinado temperamento en humanos durante un año de luminosidad intermedia principalmente, se activan en
el mes que se aleja del verano en los años de luminosidad media_alta y en el que le sigue en los años de luminosidad máxima.
verificaciones cientificas de la astrologia se encuentran como:
“mammal.moon.circadian.research”
“perinatal.photoperiod.behaviour.circadian”
“month of birth.behaviour.etiology”
anibal morbo Says:
September 30, 2011 at 2:16 pm | Reply
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October 1, 2011 at 2:19 am |
Worked for me. You’ve got the wooziest blog in existence, man.
November 30, 2011 at 9:48 am |
Anyone else have it only work for when the candle is rolling to the right?