SilasBarta comments on Open Thread: October 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SilasBarta 02 October 2009 05:16:19PM *  0 points [-]

Another example of how domain-dependent human intelligence actually is, is optical illusions.

Optical illusions are when an image violates an assumption your brain is making to interpret visual data, causing it to misinterpret the image. And remember, this is only going slightly outside of the boundary of the assumptions your brain makes.