This was published on Richard Wiseman’s blog today. It’s your own personal rainbow! Follow the instructions in the image.
Category Archives: optical illusions
Is seeing believing?
There is a common phrase here… “seeing is believing”. This phrase means that you are only able to believe or trust something when you have seen it with your own eyes. This, in turn, implies that when we see something, we should be able to believe it.
The following video shows one of the most amazing optical illusions I have ever seen. It’s taken from a BBC documentary called ‘Horizon: Is Seeing Believing?’ broadcast about a year ago. It shows that even our own sight is not infallible and that we should not always trust what we see.
The missing man and the missing square – the answer
There are a few puzzles hiding away in the depths of this blog that I havn’t ever got round to providing the answers for. Today I will provide the answer to two of my favourite puzzles, the missing man and the missing square. Firstly, here are the puzzles again
In the missing man puzzle, count how many men there are in the animated image. There should be 12. When the top halves of the men switch, count again. There should now be 13. Where does the extra man come from and where does he go?
In the missing square puzzle, when a series of shapes is rearranged, 1 square is missing. How is this possible?
The answers are below:
