| happydolphin said: I'm looking forward to the videos you'll post for us, you had a pretty good one a while ago about tricks over perception. |
Damn ageing brain, I still can't remember the name of that series I posted before. It is the same narrator as in the videos you posted.
This is one of the most entertaining things to read about cognition and perception
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach
Or you can search on you tube for 'cognitive science and perception' turns up some great results.
For example this video with some neat tricks that also appeared in the more flashy series I posted before and can't remember the name of :(
I think cognitive science should be a required course in high school. It was one of the most interesting courses I took during my college years. You learn a lot about how your brain works, what you can trust of your senses, and what all the side effects are of a brain desperately trying to find patterns and familiar shapes in an imperfect sensor system with lots of noise.
"I'll believe it when I see it with my own eyes" Well that's really not a good reason at all tbh.
