Yeah, yeah, machine learning and everything can upscale your photo through magic… but I am still amazed how naïvely upping the resolution and then adding a little noise can trick your brain into thinking an image is more detailed than it actually is.
@mwichary in image statistics this is part of acutance. many things that lower SNR improve interpretability for humans, it’s wild. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acutance
Acutance - Wikipedia