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YESTERDAY, BBC ACADEMY’S Marc Blank-Settle posted the following video of his toddler’s train track and melted the internet’s brain.
In the video, he shows two tracks side by side. One piece looks noticeably larger than the other, but when you stack them on top of one another, they appear to be the same size.
What is this sorcery?
My toddler's train track is freaking me out right now. What is going on here?! pic.twitter.com/9o8bVWF5KO
— Marc Blank-Settle @bbcmarc on Threads (@MarcSettle) April 6, 2016
Thursday 7 November, 2024
Thursday 7 November, 2024
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This train track optical illusion is melting the internet's brain
YESTERDAY, BBC ACADEMY’S Marc Blank-Settle posted the following video of his toddler’s train track and melted the internet’s brain.
In the video, he shows two tracks side by side. One piece looks noticeably larger than the other, but when you stack them on top of one another, they appear to be the same size.
What is this sorcery?
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It doesn’t make any sense!
The video quickly went viral and people were thoroughly spooked.
So what is the deal? Are our eyes merely deceiving us?
In a word, yes.
Blank-Settle later clarified that it’s down to something called the Jastrow Illusion, which is explained as thus:
Like so.
You learn something new every day, huh?
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