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Posted on: June 18, 2008 3:19 PM, by Greg Laden

Look closely at this picture.

Albert Einstein, right?

Now, stand up. That's right, stand up and step away from the computer. Get 10-15 feet back if you can. Look at the picture, then report back here and tell us who you see.

Hat tip: Duane

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I'm too young to know who Marilyn Monroe is, so I can't tell you.

Posted by: Mike Haubrich, FCD | June 18, 2008 4:18 PM

A classic frequency-dependent optical illusion here:

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/fcs_SpatFreqComposites/index.html

Posted by: Logical Extremes | June 18, 2008 4:29 PM

A classic frequency-dependent optical illusion here:

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/fcs_SpatFreqComposites/index.html

Posted by: Logical Extremes | June 18, 2008 4:31 PM

Mike, you're prepubescent?

Oddly, although I couldn't switch what I saw in the picture up close, I knew what I would see from a distance. I don't know whether that was cultural knowledge, visual processing, or some combination of the two.

Posted by: Stephanie Z | June 18, 2008 4:48 PM

stephanie is this becagainst u r reading this ion ur playstation>.``` ??
i am arting this on my wii!!1
LOL

Posted by: greg l | June 18, 2008 5:54 PM

I would never post a comment from the PS3, and now you know why. :) Enjoying the Wii?

Posted by: Stephanie Z | June 18, 2008 6:05 PM

Yecch, halfway in between I got Marilyn Monroe with a mustache.

Posted by: Colin M | June 18, 2008 6:17 PM

Hey cool.

I see Marilyn with the most horrific cold sore ever known to man.

Can we get a biopsy of that?

Posted by: JanieBelle | June 18, 2008 8:20 PM

Well, the Wii does not make a very good internet interactive tool, but it does let me look at my web site on the TV, so that's good.

When we cross-wire the Wii Fit with the Internet, I will be able to stomp on shit I don 't lie. Literally. Blogging will be very different.

Posted by: Greg Laden | June 18, 2008 8:24 PM

Try this: If you have a mouse with a wheel, use the wheel to move the picture up and down again and again very quickly. You get MM and AE at the same time, jiggling.

Posted by: AnnieT | June 18, 2008 8:49 PM

all I had to do was take off my glasses

Posted by: Rob | June 18, 2008 9:33 PM

Rob! Holy crap, that is Brilliant! Works perfectly!!!!!!!

Posted by: Greg Laden | June 18, 2008 10:04 PM

(But don't think your upcoming Oral Exam is going to go that easily!!!!)

Posted by: Greg Laden | June 18, 2008 10:07 PM