Sunday, March 1, 2009

Going Back to Bush v. Gore

I can't believe it's March already!  That means I have 19 more days until the second-best day of my life -- the day I turn in the rough draft of my thesis and start spring break.  In the meantime, though, I have midterms, including one tomorrow for my course on Perception and Mind. 

The class is pretty fun, since it involves a lot of illusions, magicians, camouflage, and Where's Waldo.  Here's one of my favorite illusions that I came across while studying:
This is called a Hermann grid, and I could explain to you why your visual system won't ever let you finish counting the dots, but it's a lot more fun just to try!