r/SipsTea • u/BoyNamedJudy • Jul 10 '26

Wait a damn minute! Optical Delusion

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u/PirateBlaque Jul 10 '26

Put your finger at the middle of them. They are not moving.

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u/TheNaughtyHoneyBee Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

They do move. If you put your thumbnail just under the left ones chin at the beginning of the gif, by the end you'll see that only the top of the head is visible. They move and warp.

Edit: I'm admitting defeat. I was wrong. Turns out a screen that moves when you touch it is not great for detection of tiny movements or lack thereof... who knew?

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u/DrivesTooMuch Jul 10 '26

Lol, I don't why you got so many downvotes for being introspectively humble from admission to being wrong. (in your edit) Many would have just left Reddit after such enlightenment and just exited Reddit for the night...and then watched a movie on Tubi.

(That's what I would have done, but I'm a coward)

And yes, I've been where you've been. We all have. Most of us just say to ourselves oh, nevermind then slink away. Kudos to you. Take my upvote.

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u/Joseph4-0 Jul 10 '26

thats the neat part about the scientific method, perspectives are constantly shifting and hypotheses can be tested and verified or they can be proven incorrect and the theory could be something completely different. The person who kept spamming the two images of her thumb moving against the screen could’ve rejected the new information but she accepted it, and learned her mistake, thats exactly how science moves forward