Five years from now I am sure I will still be intrigued by optical illusions. An optical illusion is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality. I never really thought about learning about them in psychology class but now that I did, it makes sense. I always thought they were fascinating to look at. I usually have a fun time trying to figure them out, but often times I never can. They really mess with your mind. I never use to know how they did this. Thanks to Psychology 1001 I can more easily figure them out and understand how they do what they do. There are always many life size structure optical illusions in Chicago and other big cities. I love visiting these kinds of places so I know I will run into more of these huge optical illusions in the future. I'm looking forward to going back to ones I have already visited and analyzing them and figuring them out. I would really enjoy going to a magic show or watch someone do card tricks. When I was younger and found out that people actually can't perform magic, I still could not believe it because the tricks always seem so real. I would love to try to analyze some magic tricks and figure out how they are really done.
Analyzing Magic Tricks
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I think there's a new TV show that analyzes magic tricks! Not sure if I'd want to ruin the effect, but maybe you would be interested! :)
I am still fascinated with magic too. Something to look into is Criss Angel. He does a lot of magic and illusion tricks. Some of them I still can't figure out even though I've tried looking it up. I also like visiting places and noticing optical illusions built into the scenery around.
"Magic tricks" or optical illusions are definitely amazing. This reminds me of one of my friends that is absolutely amazing at magic tricks, several that I just could not figure out and didn't use anything but his mind. Crazy. I will definitely be fascinated by it for a long time.
I would agree. Optical illusions are very interesting and also very cool. It is amazing how the simplest things can sometimes leave us fascinated.
I agree with you on this. I am still fascinated by magic to this day. The reason for this can be summed up in a book I read on Houdini for a class last semester. It says that magicians "appeal to people's hunger for the semblance of miracles in a disenchanted world."That is to say that as an adult, I like to think I can explain why most things happen, but I am fascinated when I cannot do so. I had this experience when I saw a magic show in Las Vegas when the magician ended the show by flying off in a corvette, leaving me dumbfounded.