tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683304662463677638.post7603414268606037715..comments2024-01-05T09:00:31.426+00:00Comments on Trousers to Grow Into: Our bizarre perception of realityAndy Holroydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02375354122515047883noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683304662463677638.post-55889500806462095502009-06-13T02:35:42.252+01:002009-06-13T02:35:42.252+01:00Nothing's like it was in the good old days. :...Nothing's like it was in the good old days. :)RBHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562135000111792590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683304662463677638.post-47841536484607817782009-06-12T23:46:44.486+01:002009-06-12T23:46:44.486+01:00RBH
I remember an odd hippy term I have used: '...RBH<br />I remember an odd hippy term I have used: '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_JnyN1ajYw" rel="nofollow">maya</a>'.<br /><br />It kinda means our minds assimilate stimuli from the outside world, interpret them, and then cast it all back outside ourselves and call it reality.<br /><br />So I'd be about 17yo and full of LSD and hashish, battling out the meaning of life Andy Holroydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375354122515047883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683304662463677638.post-34600207014188583002009-06-12T08:30:40.846+01:002009-06-12T08:30:40.846+01:00I love the way our minds make interpretations and ...<i>I love the way our minds make interpretations and fill in gaps we are utterly unaware of. I must do a post on the 'blind spots' in our eyes.</i><br />.<br />Once upon a time I taught university-level cognitive psychology. The main message I tried to get across to the students was "Perception is a <i>construction</i> in the head of the perceiver." IOW, we don't perceive RBHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562135000111792590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683304662463677638.post-73430726255516372242009-06-09T23:48:38.846+01:002009-06-09T23:48:38.846+01:00Unimaginable!Unimaginable!Andy Holroydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375354122515047883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683304662463677638.post-36639900778507931612009-06-09T23:05:20.618+01:002009-06-09T23:05:20.618+01:00I saw the ball thingy when you posted it - bloody ...I saw the ball thingy when you posted it - bloody amazing !<br /><br />Even more amazing (and weirder than your pedigree) is the fact that I have no beer in the house at all tonight.... not a drop.<br /><br />Remarkable.NobblySanhttp://madhatters.me.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683304662463677638.post-7727410037973080422009-06-09T22:11:10.832+01:002009-06-09T22:11:10.832+01:00This effect is among the weirdest things I have ev...This effect is among the weirdest things I have ever seen, hence the post. <br /><br />One of the other weirds is the <a href="http://trouserstogrow.blogspot.com/2009/06/most-amazing-optical-illusion.html" rel="nofollow">falling ball illusion</a>, and I first saw that just the other week.<br /><br />I love the way our minds make interpretations and fill in gaps we are utterly unaware of. I must Andy Holroydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375354122515047883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683304662463677638.post-50402379941983718332009-06-09T17:43:44.146+01:002009-06-09T17:43:44.146+01:00Oh no...no....nonono..
Now I need a beer.Oh no...no....nonono..<br /><br />Now I need a beer.NobblySanhttp://madhatters.me.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683304662463677638.post-32906138282873097362009-06-09T00:00:51.311+01:002009-06-09T00:00:51.311+01:00okay, now that I've stood up and turned my hea...okay, now that I've stood up and turned my head upside down to view those BEFORE they turned over, my neck is hurting! :-)yorksnbeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374648174893672244noreply@blogger.com