👁️ 🧠 This visual trick demonstrates how our #eyes and #brains prioritize contrast over accuracy.

When you watch the dot move across different backgrounds, your light-sensing cone cells become temporarily fatigued, creating an "afterimage" that makes the dot look like a #color that isn't actually there.

👉 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-color-is-this-dot-new-illusion-demonstrates-weird-vision-quirk/

#vision #science #neuroscience #biology #optics #psychology #illusion

"It's hard to resist making jokes about Trump's "chaotic" all-caps social media posts. But the fact remains: the movement of trillions of dollars today depends on a few words written on social media. And Trump, like his family, entourage, and sponsors, are profiting from this while they can.

But this tactic also works as a political ploy. By alternating loud threats with hints of "productive negotiations," the US administration creates the tempting illusion in its adversary that the pressure has ceased. And some countries might well buy into this, hesitating and negotiating terms.

But so far, Iran hasn't fallen for the ploy. A clear public denial followed almost immediately. Because Tehran understands that the pause offered by the war's main sponsor and beneficiary could be nothing more than preparation for a new attack."—Llord of war

$3 trillion in one hour: how two phrases rocked the market? >

https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/03/23/2175221.html

#illusion #threats #market_manipulation ##market_reactions #USA #Trump_regime #finance #news #market #Iran #insanity

https://myshetland.co.uk/the-dream-vs-the-reality/

I never learn.

#myshetland #illusion #ShetlandIslands #shetland #whitecat #bigcat

The idea of owning and hanging on to things is the illusion of the ...

#Buddhism #Dhamma #illusion #Theravada #BuddhistWisdom #Dharma

The #Assault of #Illusion: #Art, #Power, and #Visual #Manipulation

https://www.patreon.com/posts/assault-of-art-153553798

https://odysee.com/@kult:e/The-Assault-of-Illusion_-Art,-Power,-and-Visual-Manipulation:0

This illusion art by Wy Drawing

Illusion by Wy Drawing.

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— STREET ART UTOPIA 🖼️ (@StreetArtUtopia) November 22, 2021

📝 Plot: Two close friends, Francis and Marie, become infatuated with the same enigmatic young man. As their shared obsession deepens, fantasy and projection blur reality, straining their friendship. Through jealousy, longing, and illusion, they confront the fragile nature of desire and the emotional cost of idealized love in a stylized, introspective journey.

#LesAmoursImaginaires #RomanceDrama #LoveTriangle #Obsession #Desire #ArthouseFilm #EmotionalJourney #Friendship #Illusion