arundelo comments on This is your brain on ambiguity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: arundelo 29 May 2010 02:12:05PM 2 points [-]

The detail is all in the outline (the part inside the outline is all black). From just the outline, you cannot tell

  • whether her foot is a little closer to you than it was a second ago or a little farther (so your brain picks one)
  • or whether she's facing towards you or away from you (so your brain picks one).