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  • WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez visits with Stanford neuroscientist David Eagleman to learn about illusions showing water that appears to stand still or float upward, wheels that appear to move backwards, and more.
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  • @Bhatakti_Hawas
    @Bhatakti_Hawas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5832

    So my brain knows that its being fooled and even knows the science behind it, but can't do anything about it ??
    Damn

    • @macwatson7227
      @macwatson7227 5 ปีที่แล้ว +191

      Abid Hassan the human brain is a complete mystery.

    • @francesatty7022
      @francesatty7022 5 ปีที่แล้ว +301

      your advanced brain knows the science, your animal brain says what it sees

    • @DC_R
      @DC_R 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@macwatson7227 Niiice 😊👍

    • @Danuxsy
      @Danuxsy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@macwatson7227 No, we know quite a lot about it but yes, still plenty to learn.

    • @lazarnedeljkovic5615
      @lazarnedeljkovic5615 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      This isn't something like being carsick or afraid of the dark. You see what your screen emits. The most deep understanding of this can't help you see it differently.

  • @yareyaredaze2569
    @yareyaredaze2569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2431

    I heard this glitch was patched just an hour ago.

    • @paullibz
      @paullibz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      I can tell someones gonna be r/woooshed

    • @bossin8628
      @bossin8628 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Someone took the red pill

    • @ub1419
      @ub1419 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      EGZ say no more

    • @ub1419
      @ub1419 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      dude ur so dumb. This isnt a video game this is real life and there are no glitches in real life and thus they cant be patched. Therefore u are stupid.

    • @SOMADLOVECLUB
      @SOMADLOVECLUB 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yare yare daze yeah universe 14.5.7 was introduced when the simulation people realized humans were getting too curious. The patch also includes the removal of grumpy cat.

  • @CCCP_Again
    @CCCP_Again 4 ปีที่แล้ว +780

    Is it just me or anyone else sees the car wheel effect irl all the time?

    • @denno445
      @denno445 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      Probably time you upgrade your eyes to 244 hz

    • @CCCP_Again
      @CCCP_Again 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@denno445 hahha ikr

    • @Jammawtf
      @Jammawtf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Yes.. Mostly on wheels with more spokes.. Surprised me they said you need a camera to see it.

    • @omgitsskie3165
      @omgitsskie3165 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      BasicallyEverything yep I see it all the time

    • @tornumbrella2
      @tornumbrella2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Yes. I was fascinated with this effect as a little kid. Used to watch car wheels all the time.

  • @andrewselbyphotography
    @andrewselbyphotography 4 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    "your brain is locked in silence and darkness"
    Well ok then, that's what I'm thinking about the rest of the day

    • @olliefoxx7165
      @olliefoxx7165 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes but it can sense duration of time. It fires synapse into thoughts and processes that into a string of thoughts. That basically means you're thinking and therefore it can count out time without visual or audio input. I've been debating pressure. You can feel pressure like you can't tell if you're in water or like your bowels are gurgling.

    • @thekrackenx
      @thekrackenx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't worry the devs are still working on patching that bug.

    • @2pop39
      @2pop39 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      TheKrackenX42 STILL?

  • @zuko1569
    @zuko1569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2927

    Plot twist: They were actually waterbending to trick us
    or hired Zach King to edit this video

    • @Platin_2004
      @Platin_2004 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      they thought we would fell for that, like cameras are a real thing lol

    • @CornerCastCrew
      @CornerCastCrew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Captain Disillusion is way better than Zach King. Look him up.

    • @burpie8090
      @burpie8090 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Zach king is a mediocre vfx artist that got lucky and became famous.

    • @CornerCastCrew
      @CornerCastCrew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@burpie8090 yuup. I could do half the tricks he does with his cuts and jump cuts and I know almost nothing about vfx or video editing.
      Well maybe his earlier stuff cuz I only saw those, i havent seen anything of his in years

    • @jb76489
      @jb76489 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Zuzu Zach king is a hack

  • @josephdestaubin7426
    @josephdestaubin7426 5 ปีที่แล้ว +627

    "Your brain is locked in silence and darkness." Well that certainly explains some of the TH-cam comments sections we have all seen.

    • @euphxriia6014
      @euphxriia6014 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Joseph DESTAUBIN true 😂

    • @heauxkage5611
      @heauxkage5611 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lmao 😂

    • @brits8226
      @brits8226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Joseph DESTAUBIN yeah, the darkness is your skull.

    • @EnemyAtom65
      @EnemyAtom65 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@brits8226 ur just mad that they're talking about people like you

  • @Todomo
    @Todomo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +359

    i went to a japanese restaurant that had the strobe illusion in a little wall fountain. if you stuck your hand in it it would change speed or direction. soooo cool blew my 9 year old mind

    • @BatfreakinMan
      @BatfreakinMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      my 30 year old mind is blown by just imagining it :P

    • @Naveen-iu7ej
      @Naveen-iu7ej 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      .

  • @selimtopal1247
    @selimtopal1247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    “Reality is often disappointing”

    • @esahb9567
      @esahb9567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Albert Einstein once said “There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” I think reality is amazing

    • @songsabai3794
      @songsabai3794 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ...Hence Hollywood!

  • @RayDayPlays
    @RayDayPlays 5 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    That scientist's enthusiasm is contagious!

    • @krunkformula
      @krunkformula 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      David Eagleman is awesome check out his doc on netflix

    • @1999_reborn
      @1999_reborn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      David Eagleman is awesome

    • @anthonyjackson2987
      @anthonyjackson2987 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Saw his Ted talk too what he created was really cool

  • @independentrecord1739
    @independentrecord1739 5 ปีที่แล้ว +404

    0:41 Yes, I also enjoyed Captain Disillusion's video on laminar flow.

    • @CornerCastCrew
      @CornerCastCrew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YEEEEEEEEES

    • @Tinyvalkyrie410
      @Tinyvalkyrie410 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cross over please.

    • @oxysz
      @oxysz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They should of shouted him out

    • @xenontesla122
      @xenontesla122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The idea has been popular online for a while. I first saw Brusspup's version years ago, but CD's video was good enough to get more people interested in this.

    • @praneethachanta4089
      @praneethachanta4089 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought they should atleast credit him

  • @triqky9301
    @triqky9301 5 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    this guy can litterally contact any scientist in the world lol

    • @assianeu197
      @assianeu197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Triqky Scientists have nothing to do but gaming and waiting on a youtuber to reach out

    • @yatoisaki8285
      @yatoisaki8285 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@assianeu197 no they do need to study

    • @HarryNicNicholas
      @HarryNicNicholas 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      can he ask einstein something for me...

  • @thedirty530
    @thedirty530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So through the whole video I was asking myself what frame rate our brain would see things at and when you did the moving dot experament that individuals see changing at different speeds gave me a whole new appreciation for our brains constantly attempting to piece what our senses are telling us every moment...Wow...What a beautiful thing it is!

  • @cameronwansley9049
    @cameronwansley9049 5 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    Pressed "like'" specifically for the terrible acting in the first Skype conversation. Love this series, but man that was bad in the best way haha

  • @marleigh5606
    @marleigh5606 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    10:00 for me it just looks like it is speeding up then slowing down but always rotating clockwise

    • @treypyro
      @treypyro 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The black dots just kept disappearing for me. For brief moments it just looked like a white cylinder.

    • @Dubz0408
      @Dubz0408 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thats because Annabeth, youre already a leftist and Trey, youre racist. xD
      Uh oh, here comes the hatemail! lol

    • @jeff._.6262
      @jeff._.6262 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too

    • @lazarnedeljkovic5615
      @lazarnedeljkovic5615 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's because you (and me) can't stop noticing the whole assembly rotating in one direction. The slight tear/wrinkle near the top of the paper and the bends in the turntable base are all obviously rotating right to left.

    • @21agastyaray4
      @21agastyaray4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can kinda control it wheter its going clock wise or counter clockwise. And it speeds up slow down,speeds up slow down again and again

  • @intensellylit4100
    @intensellylit4100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Give doctor strange his stone back.

  • @stepzyvlogs3665
    @stepzyvlogs3665 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Why does this just feel like brain games, the tv show

    • @lizzygtz3101
      @lizzygtz3101 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stepzy Vlogs I know right they even sound alike or it’s just the same guy idk

    • @matinajazmine
      @matinajazmine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol yea but they are just copying that show

    • @dennisbruh9293
      @dennisbruh9293 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's the same guy😬

    • @stepzyvlogs3665
      @stepzyvlogs3665 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ebimowei agbeyei definitely not the same guy

  • @gijswelten
    @gijswelten 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Neat!
    With the wheel I was kinda hoping/expecting you guys to do a version that breaks the illussion by putting something like colored stickers on the nuts and/or spokes.

  • @francesatty7022
    @francesatty7022 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    when you're in a plane and you film the propeller

    • @unlokia
      @unlokia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Okay, I am your teacher: Complete the sentence please, or you get DETENTION!

    • @allupinyomine
      @allupinyomine 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      i could even learn how to looooove like you

  • @eduardborukhov1928
    @eduardborukhov1928 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Very interesting video. I like how David Eagleman was very informative and has that passion for what he does. Keep up the great content!

  • @lianah7837
    @lianah7837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how excited this dude is about motion like he's so stoked

  • @abcd969696
    @abcd969696 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Robbie's got the coolest job in the world

    • @eurovisioncyan9550
      @eurovisioncyan9550 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, Robbie *is* the coolest in the world 😍😍😍

    • @dw2843
      @dw2843 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ahexagonian1800 Yes

  • @morebaklavapls3637
    @morebaklavapls3637 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    my brain needs a new patch, its been 23 years since the first patch...

    • @AtakanCaMinecraft
      @AtakanCaMinecraft 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Mine gets constantly patched sucks to be you i guess...

    • @devvydoesstuff
      @devvydoesstuff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      More Baklava pls شكرا yup

    • @morebaklavapls3637
      @morebaklavapls3637 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The one who rocks 😂😂 where can I torrent updates then ?

    • @Whoareyouwhoami665
      @Whoareyouwhoami665 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂

  • @ezekielacosta1154
    @ezekielacosta1154 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The spinning drum in the mirror was trippy!! I saw the two drums alternating directions.

  • @KickerHandle
    @KickerHandle 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    not just the bolts but the inner part of the wheel where the nozzle to fill air is, that is also moving. soooo cool.

  • @Veralsy
    @Veralsy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    I saw the wheel illusion all the time with my actual eyes and not camera.
    Am i a robot?

  • @adrrianarose85
    @adrrianarose85 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    12:58
    That is so deep, omg, I never thought about that this way

  • @Clumsy_Ky
    @Clumsy_Ky 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The one with the dots I used to do all the time as a kid watching my ceiling fan. Interesting to learn how that works.

  • @---cr8nw
    @---cr8nw 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! This is the first time I've seen a proper explanation of the wagon wheel illusion.

  • @robertschlesinger1342
    @robertschlesinger1342 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nice demonstration and explanation of a few great visual illusions. There are dozens of varieties of visual illusions. And, if I hadn't actually seen it, I wouldn't have believed it. Or, if I hadn't actually believed it, I wouldn't have seen it!

  • @NickC_222
    @NickC_222 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love how totally natural and unscripted the video call at 1:14 is lmao

  • @nik3727
    @nik3727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The passion you guys have for science is awesome to see! :)

  • @robodude169
    @robodude169 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That strobe light is how 'Now you see me 2' did the rain stopping and going up

    • @waddefaq4325
      @waddefaq4325 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I didn't know that. But did they do it in real?? I mean no vfx cgi thing? (That scene)

    • @leo7307
      @leo7307 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@waddefaq4325 it's a joke

  • @skyacaniadev2229
    @skyacaniadev2229 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Nigel Stanford used that water trick in his music video, I believe.

  • @clf400
    @clf400 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Remember, love with your heart, use your head for everything else! CAPTAIN DISILLUSION

  • @zfg6921
    @zfg6921 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    When you showed the wheel of the car moving like that it reminded of when I played with bayblades and when it's spinning so fast and when the light on it sometimes it would look as if it would change spin cycles of the way it was going. Really fun vid

  • @maxnullifidian
    @maxnullifidian 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to have a variable strobe light, so I've done some of this stuff. It's awesome!

  • @crxstalline_
    @crxstalline_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    *smartereveryday has joined the chat*
    ** L A M I N A R F L O W

    • @ludvigbergsaker8745
      @ludvigbergsaker8745 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LAMINAR FLOW IS AWESOME!

    • @BTboxing
      @BTboxing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Its not laminar flow

    • @p1ss.official
      @p1ss.official 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BTboxing but it is a joke 바보

    • @prinshiahirwar5698
      @prinshiahirwar5698 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@p1ss.official I see what you did there. 바보

  • @scrotespseudo-philosophers1617
    @scrotespseudo-philosophers1617 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I need a “Why Your Brain Has NEVER ONCE Thought Water is Spiraling” video.

  • @drakedbz
    @drakedbz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The thing is, I see the car wheel illusion very much the same way in person. When they were showing the disc at the end, I never saw it reverse direction at the same speed, but I did pick up some very slow backward motion, the same as I do nearly always with moving car wheels under broad daylight. The only difference is that the moving car wheels under daylight aren't quite so discrete as shown here, but rather a moving blur.

  • @mgames1710
    @mgames1710 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    11:40, uh my brain does that... both dots go the other direction for a few seconds...

  • @bhavyaramakrishnan801
    @bhavyaramakrishnan801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The speed/velocity of the frame rate of the camera and the speed/velocity of the water or wheel are captured and compared.

  • @elliotmcgee8918
    @elliotmcgee8918 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I unfocused my eyes on that spot test and it flipped every two seconds. It looked like it spun back and forth.

  • @tovekauppi1616
    @tovekauppi1616 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    We had a group project in physics class at university and one of the groups did this with a speaker, a water hose and a strobe light. It’s pretty fun to experiment with.

  • @da7455
    @da7455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    9:24 when I stare at the dot, the circles disappear, and I just see a spinning, white cylinder

  • @TheJayneharper
    @TheJayneharper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Could have also talked about the apparent motions of planets in the sky! Astronomers deal with long base strobe effect lol

    • @PrinceKashyap.
      @PrinceKashyap. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting, time to open a new tab.

  • @johnbroe6116
    @johnbroe6116 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    is it just me or does this “almost impossible” guy have the best job in the world

  • @jadianradiator2761
    @jadianradiator2761 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    11:45
    It was inconsistent and I had to be looking for it.
    But at times I saw both drums' circles vibrating quickly back and forth _without_ spinning.

  • @raminsadeghnasab9310
    @raminsadeghnasab9310 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The wagon wheel illusion was one of my mystery of all my life. thank you to explain that to me.

  • @vivvvvian
    @vivvvvian 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    on a side note everyone should read david eagleman's book Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, its very good

  • @pyrite2084
    @pyrite2084 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    when i saw the circle illusion it was continuosly changing back and forth

    • @tcarrasco4498
      @tcarrasco4498 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too. I’m left handed and I wonder if that plays a part in how I perceive it...?

  • @edhenson2545
    @edhenson2545 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    With the spinning dot I found that moving my head but keeping my eyes on the dot shifted the direction.

  • @DonClark
    @DonClark 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am curious to see this applied to a sprinkler or a firehose, etc. to see the results. Could it provide a better effect for a better tool?

  • @kakarottomui
    @kakarottomui 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    6:25 The spokes appear stationary, The bolts are moving in reverse direction & the logo is moving in forward direction
    *MIND = BLOWN.!!!*

    • @clever_handle
      @clever_handle 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Valve stem appears to moving backward at a different rate than the others

  • @SanraiDalris
    @SanraiDalris 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My eyes have wildly different prescriptions, so the dot thing only worked when my glasses were on.

  • @ezekielnduli5181
    @ezekielnduli5181 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:13 I need one of those strobing what-nots in my life.

  • @topherhunt9664
    @topherhunt9664 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the spinning dot illusion, I found that I could make the dots switch their rotation by looking just slightly to the left or right side of the white focus dot.

  • @tortilla6960
    @tortilla6960 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    world minor update, patch 24: remove wheel

  • @artificialidiot1654
    @artificialidiot1654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is the same like those helicopter blades not moving vids!

  • @SuperFrankto
    @SuperFrankto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Back in the 70's I used to go to the National Geographic in Washington, D.C. My favorite thing there was the water hose with the adjustable strobe light. Always fascinating, especially when you're 10 years old.

  • @MichaelRWolf
    @MichaelRWolf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did you notice the VALVE STEM in sequential locations around the rim while the spokes were seeming to be stationary?

  • @SnowmanInABlizzard
    @SnowmanInABlizzard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was just about to comment asking about the theoretical frame rate of my brain when Robbie asked it for me. Thanks Robbie and David.

    • @utpalsavaliya761
      @utpalsavaliya761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When? And what's the answer?

    • @SnowmanInABlizzard
      @SnowmanInABlizzard 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      10:14 Our brains do not simply have a fluctuating frame rate. Instead our brain is trying to figure out whether or not something is moving left or right and fights over that fact. If our minds had a frame rate the mirror example would show the device spinning in opposite directions at all times. But because it's simply a matter of is it going left or right we see them both go in the same direction because our brain wants to think that they're both going in the same direction.

  • @taemed
    @taemed 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    CAPTAIN DISILLUSION

    • @alenpaul2523
      @alenpaul2523 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      taemed 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

    • @usagi2934
      @usagi2934 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think he's called Mysterio

  • @denisestover2416
    @denisestover2416 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the car wheel illusion the spikes were 'going' backwards, forwards or staying still based on the speed. The lug nuts were 'going' backwards, it seemed to me, all of the time. BUT, did you notice the middle cap inside the lug nuts was 'going' forward, as well? That is so cool!
    Thanks for sharing!
    God Bless!

  • @travisnewbry
    @travisnewbry 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:35 so the rim is still, the bolts go backwards, and the toyota logo goes forwards in this shot. thats awesome

  • @SudipBishwakarma
    @SudipBishwakarma 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That wheel rotating illusion always used to mess with my mind. Well now I know.

  • @kristofersokk1580
    @kristofersokk1580 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That's how they did the "god" rain in Now You See Me 2, used strong strobe lights on the building roofs

  • @vikashp9753
    @vikashp9753 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The "apparent motion" at 3:30 is due to temporal aliasing which arises due to under-sampling of the signal (or data). This is one of the basic ideas in signal processing. It is for the same reason helicopter blades, ceiling fan blades, car wheels appear to move at a slower speed, sometimes even in the opposite direction.

  • @L33tw0rk
    @L33tw0rk 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What might be interesting, is if you can capture a video at frame rate much higher and then post select the frames that would correspond to for instance water travelling up, travelling down or standing still

  • @uridimmuvltozwta1466
    @uridimmuvltozwta1466 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    wagon wheel effect... kind of like when you follow a ceiling fan with your eyes and sometimes you can catch a blade

    • @notgray88
      @notgray88 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      or when you watch the ceiling fan and it starts going the other way

  • @hyperchuu5094
    @hyperchuu5094 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I don't know what they're talking about but this water bending is very satisfying

    • @hasyy151
      @hasyy151 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wait i didnt know saitama could water bend.. Where tf did u go man

    • @hyperchuu5094
      @hyperchuu5094 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im limit less it took me like 5 mins to learn it

  • @m134p
    @m134p 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    For the Necker Cube though, it's possible to try switching which top/bottom angle is protruding consciously. Or at least for me.

  • @chinmayabehera654
    @chinmayabehera654 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This thing also happens with the ceiling fan in dark room, you try focussing a fluctuating light on the fan. Clockwise and anticlockwise rotations can be seen.

  • @katyacore
    @katyacore 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Captain Disillusion did a fascinating video about this! :)

  • @compa8806
    @compa8806 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    My family must be an illusion haven’t seen them In a long time

    • @YoungBlaze
      @YoungBlaze 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dude , i was at the house and you left the fuckin toaster on, thats why we dont wanna see u

  • @mahen0702
    @mahen0702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    05:18 "right here i'm doing a really bad job of driving"
    and I thought he was going to hit the car in front of him

  • @davidschmidt6013
    @davidschmidt6013 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used vids of this phenomenon during my Science classes when we studied different types of waves, and resonance. There's lots of vids of this being done.

  • @Veroniikka
    @Veroniikka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can force my brain to see each different set of possible ways the last illusion could be, am I an alien

  • @billthompson4018
    @billthompson4018 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I thought this was Obama when I looked at the thumbnail

    • @khanyisilekambule4202
      @khanyisilekambule4202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same!!!!

    • @Unknown-yy3yo
      @Unknown-yy3yo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Khanyisile Kambule illusion o. O

    • @oonaverse
      @oonaverse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Spooder- Man same

    • @bardart703
      @bardart703 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thought they finally made a black elf🤗

  • @mastersaures9502
    @mastersaures9502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wagon wheel effect Rolls Royce: What’s that

  • @tomasabadi5374
    @tomasabadi5374 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would've been cool to look at the wheel turning but colour each volt differently. Maybe different hues or different shades of the same hue. Then you could check how much hue/shade differences affect the effect

  • @ppumpkinhead937
    @ppumpkinhead937 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The camera shows the illusion, it is not our brain that makes it stand still or goes up but the camera. In this situation the camera is the eye and the brain that shows us the elusion.
    don't tell me my brain makes the elusion in this situastion... it's the camera displaying the elusion

    • @kylel1875
      @kylel1875 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Completely agree. All our brains are doing is stringing together the pictures shown. It doesn't just look like they are moving backwards, they literally are with the pictures shown to us due to the cameras frame rate, which is why they have to use the phone's cameras to see in person. Nobody seems to be doing their own critical thinking though.

    • @siyoo2
      @siyoo2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly what I was thinking too

    • @Hey-jw3dm
      @Hey-jw3dm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      eh

  • @theprofile1480
    @theprofile1480 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Who else could control the direction of the spinning wheel with their mind.

    • @lisamo1013
      @lisamo1013 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me but only when it was just the dots in frame. When he was in frame as well it stopped working for me. It also seems faster when it's the only thing kn frame.

  • @hulipatsui
    @hulipatsui 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    When staring the dot with the black and white wheels if i just think "right" or "left" the wheel goes to that direction. Its same when looking the dot with mirror, if i think forward they spin forward and so on :D and you can swap the directions by just thinking the direction any time.

  • @dieseluk2k
    @dieseluk2k 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I was at collage learning about electrics and mechanics we were taught that the workshop had to run the lighting on 3 phase electric because the fluorescent lighting flickers and that if the rate of flicker matches the rpm of any machine parts they would appear to be still, the 3 phase works because the lighting would flicker at different rates and prevent this effect.

  • @ryannickens7848
    @ryannickens7848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Anybody else try slowing the speed down, to no effect?

    • @lazarnedeljkovic5615
      @lazarnedeljkovic5615 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You're playing the same frames just with bigger gaps between them. Ain't gonna change anything

  • @CelluloidSelf
    @CelluloidSelf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    captain disillusion outsold

  • @danparish1344
    @danparish1344 ปีที่แล้ว

    The mirror test was neat. Sometimes it looked like they were spinning in the same direction, sometimes opposite.

  • @edgymix9109
    @edgymix9109 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    that makes sense why i saw the fan go backwards. theres a video of a very fast spinning fan and before it started acceleration faster it looked like it went backwards

  • @enzodantas4072
    @enzodantas4072 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Plot twist: he's actually Poseidon and the "scientist" is his son

  • @robjef622
    @robjef622 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Reality can be so silly sometimes.

  • @gutobernardo7457
    @gutobernardo7457 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can watch either directions of the spinning circles on demand, just by slightly changing the place I'm looking at or by thinking. But what I'd like to know is why we can see individual drops when looking a stream form above. It's easier to find this phenomenon at the shower.

  • @JamesOKeefe-US
    @JamesOKeefe-US 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video and great guest!! :) love his enthusiasm!

  • @kopissimooo
    @kopissimooo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks, WIRED, for telling me that the frames in a video, when put together, make a video

  • @LoveisRxge
    @LoveisRxge 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    QQ: doesn’t this also happen with a fidget spinner?

    • @Plepler
      @Plepler 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah

  • @ItsBinhRepaired
    @ItsBinhRepaired 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What if you color half the bolts or draw something not symmetrical on the wheel?

  • @ReeWebster
    @ReeWebster 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The black dot started flipping like mad right away, and yeh, only for a second or two each direction, but never in any specific repeated timing.

  • @salah2446
    @salah2446 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Narrator: Try not to blink
    Me: Blink

  • @ryanpethick650
    @ryanpethick650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You can do the wagon wheel effect with a fan by quickly blinking and it looks like the fan isn’t moving

  • @nya7959
    @nya7959 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    On the wheel illusion if I squint it spins faster and if I widen my eyes it goes slower

  • @saquibansari9521
    @saquibansari9521 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Same happens when you see a little bit tilted shadow of a sealing fan on wall moving slowly and if you thinks its moving in right direction then it moves in right and if you think it's moving in left then it really start moving left....