Rob Abernathy Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 After reading (not problems) all that Doug wrote and how amazing the brain is I couldn't resist showing y'all this picture, where if you look closely you'll see a series of circles. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 I usually struggle with these optical illusions. Today I saw 16 circles.👍 cheers Gumby 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heaton Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 7 minutes ago, gumbypickett said: I usually struggle with these optical illusions. Today I saw 16 circles.👍 cheers Gumby Yeah - me to ! - but only after recrossing my eyes and thinking I was looking at the back of my PC with all its USB and HDMI ports 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Okay, John, got 'em. Amazing! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Great find Rob. Thanks............... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YAMBA1 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Just had my catataract surgery, I can see a dam thing, let alone some hypothetical cercles! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Now I can't NOT see the circles 😅. This reminds me a bit of those stereogram pictures that were popular in the 90s. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 I see now circles either, like John says they look more like the ports on the backside of the PC... 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 4 hours ago, YAMBA1 said: Just had my catataract surgery, I can see a dam thing, let alone some hypothetical cercles! Fear not in 4 or 5 days you will be amazed. It's like s spit and polish on your eyes.👍 cheers Gumby 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 I don't see diddly squat even after a few beers. Hope your happy Rob it made me crosseyed. 🫣 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 4 hours ago, adambar said: I don't see diddly squat even after a few beers. Hope your happy Rob it made me crosseyed. 🫣 maybe I'll try a bit of rum later, it might have a better effect than the beers...😁 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 33 minutes ago, wain71 said: maybe I'll try a bit of rum later, it might have a better effect than the beers...😁 So long as you don't see pink elephants, Wayne. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Burgess Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 That's impressive - I saw the circles and was only on my first glass of wine 🍷 Remarkable how the brain perceives things. For me 16 circles suddenly appear then, just as quickly, disappear. Thanks Rob 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dow Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Maybe it has to be on a monitor because I see diddly squat on the phone 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 29 minutes ago, John Dow said: Maybe it has to be on a monitor because I see diddly squat on the phone I don't see circles on either, maybe you have to have blurred vision or just had cataracts done or something... 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingleaf Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Even after I dumped out my beers I don't see any darned circles. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 2 hours ago, flyingleaf said: Even after I dumped out my beers I don't see any darned circles. Nothing is worth dumping out your beers. That's a huge sacrifice.🍺 cheers Gumby 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingleaf Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 4 minutes ago, gumbypickett said: Nothing is worth dumping out your beers. That's a huge sacrifice.🍺 cheers Gumby I was just kidding, but instead I had a few more, but alas I saw no circles except under my eyes the next morning . Cheers k. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 You guys crack me up....lol. I think the cross eyed approach works best. 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dow Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Tried it on the monitor... yep straightaway they appeared 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 I'll have to try on my monitor which has been put to sleep for the night. Seeing nothing on my phone tho. Looking through my reading segment on my spectacles. Will report back 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 On 3/1/2024 at 8:15 PM, gumbypickett said: Nothing is worth dumping out your beers. How true..... Many of us have heard of the so-called "beer goggle" effect. It's the phenomenon that occurs when someone's had a few alcoholic drinks and suddenly, all of those people who looked semi-attractive on entering the bar look really, really appealing. Scientists have shown that it's not just a lowering of standards -- alcohol actually stimulates the part of the brain that judges facial attractiveness. The "Beer Goggles" Effect In 2002, researchers at St. Andrews University and Glasgow University in Scotland took 80 college students and had half of them drink a "moderate" amount of alcohol -- between one and four servings, depending on gender and body weight. The other half, the control group, remained sober. Scientists showed each subject pictures of people of the opposite sex. In all cases -- male and female alike -- the experimental (tipsy) group rated each picture an average of 25 percent more attractive than the sober group did. The effect can reportedly be traced to the nucleus accumbens. When you're looking at another human being, the nucleus accumbens is the area of the brain that decides how attractive that human being's face is. If you look at, say, George Clooney or Angelina Jolie, this area of your brain probably experiences increased neural firing. In other words, it's stimulated. As it turns out, alcohol, all by itself, stimulates the nucleus accumbens. So when you've have a few drinks, and you look at a face you may have judged as unattractive when you were sober, your brain, under the influence of alcohol, tells you that this face is in fact somewhat attractive. And the increase in perceived attractive seems to be directly proportional to the amount of alcohol consumed. In a more recent study, this one conducted by researchers at England's Manchester University in 2005, scientists actually came up with a mathematical formula to calculate the extent of the "beer goggle" effect on a given individual in a given situation. Their reasoning for creating this formula is that alcohol is not really the only factor affecting the drunken perception of beauty. Other factors, according to their research, include: How brightly lit the area is The observer's eye-sight quality The amount of smoke in the air The distance of the observer from the observed The formula goes like this: (An)2xd(S+1) g= ----------- L x (Vo)2 where: An is the number of servings of alcohol S is the smokiness of the area on a scale of 0 - 10 L is the lighting level of the area, measured in candelas per square meter, in which 150 is normal room lightning Vo is Snellen visual acuity, in which 6/6 is normal and 6/12 is the lower limit at which someone is able to drive d is the distance between the observer and the observed, measured in meters The formula works out a "beer goggle" score ranging from 1 to 100+. When g = 1, the observer is perceiving the same degree of beauty he or she would perceive in a sober state. At 100+, everybody in the room is a perfect 10. 1 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 15 minutes ago, W2DR said: How true..... Many of us have heard of the so-called "beer goggle" effect. It's the phenomenon that occurs when someone's had a few alcoholic drinks and suddenly, all of those people who looked semi-attractive on entering the bar look really, really appealing. Scientists have shown that it's not just a lowering of standards -- alcohol actually stimulates the part of the brain that judges facial attractiveness. The "Beer Goggles" Effect In 2002, researchers at St. Andrews University and Glasgow University in Scotland took 80 college students and had half of them drink a "moderate" amount of alcohol -- between one and four servings, depending on gender and body weight. The other half, the control group, remained sober. Scientists showed each subject pictures of people of the opposite sex. In all cases -- male and female alike -- the experimental (tipsy) group rated each picture an average of 25 percent more attractive than the sober group did. The effect can reportedly be traced to the nucleus accumbens. When you're looking at another human being, the nucleus accumbens is the area of the brain that decides how attractive that human being's face is. If you look at, say, George Clooney or Angelina Jolie, this area of your brain probably experiences increased neural firing. In other words, it's stimulated. As it turns out, alcohol, all by itself, stimulates the nucleus accumbens. So when you've have a few drinks, and you look at a face you may have judged as unattractive when you were sober, your brain, under the influence of alcohol, tells you that this face is in fact somewhat attractive. And the increase in perceived attractive seems to be directly proportional to the amount of alcohol consumed. In a more recent study, this one conducted by researchers at England's Manchester University in 2005, scientists actually came up with a mathematical formula to calculate the extent of the "beer goggle" effect on a given individual in a given situation. Their reasoning for creating this formula is that alcohol is not really the only factor affecting the drunken perception of beauty. Other factors, according to their research, include: How brightly lit the area is The observer's eye-sight quality The amount of smoke in the air The distance of the observer from the observed The formula goes like this: (An)2xd(S+1) g= ----------- L x (Vo)2 where: An is the number of servings of alcohol S is the smokiness of the area on a scale of 0 - 10 L is the lighting level of the area, measured in candelas per square meter, in which 150 is normal room lightning Vo is Snellen visual acuity, in which 6/6 is normal and 6/12 is the lower limit at which someone is able to drive d is the distance between the observer and the observed, measured in meters The formula works out a "beer goggle" score ranging from 1 to 100+. When g = 1, the observer is perceiving the same degree of beauty he or she would perceive in a sober state. At 100+, everybody in the room is a perfect 10. What a coincidence, you took the words right out of my mouth. I guess it's the same as telling people, you like them but after a few bending's of the elbow, you tell them they are enough to make a maggot sick. I'm not sure what formular that comes under though.🍺 I'll drink to it anyway. cheers Gumby 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Yeah, you go back to the same bar the next day and survey the damage you did to yourself and the possible multi-faceted consequences that could arise. 🤔 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingleaf Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, W2DR said: sober state. At 100+, everybody in the room is a perfect 10. As I always believe in truth: At 10 pm she is a 2 and at 2 am she is a ten. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 6 hours ago, flyingleaf said: As I always believe in truth: At 10 pm she is a 2 and at 2 am she is a ten. At 10AM she is back to 0 and something for intense anxiety & headache. Maybe a few penicillin tablets as well. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 how did we end up in the bar? 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, wain71 said: how did we end up in the bar? Doug's fault (W2DR) 😁 That's where we usually end up anyway at the end of the day or the beginning of the day depending on where you live. 😄 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 19 hours ago, flyingleaf said: As I always believe in truth: At 10 pm she is a 2 and at 2 am she is a ten. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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