"The fellow had a very pleasant personality…"
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The world’s most famous optical illusion
"All is Vanity"
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The most moving optical illusion, ever
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It’s a static image, but you can’t stop your brain. Continue reading “The most moving optical illusion, ever”
The 10 most visited Deceptology posts
They got the biggest audience
What are the most visited posts of all time (up until now) on Deceptology? (Technically these are the ones with the most pageviews, but I’m just going to call them the posts with the biggest audience.)
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Is this the world’s most dangerous optical illusion?
An optical illusion that might be considered very dangerous in certain locations, this bag with a fake handgun advertises the books of Belgium/Flemish crime novelist Pieter Aspe. Continue reading “Is this the world’s most dangerous optical illusion?”
Most ads really appeal to only two men
"The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is really two men – the man he is and the man he wants to be."
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Most Russians trust nobody
"…the state would definitely deceive…"
According to one survey, not only have Soviet citizens learned that not trusting others is a way to survive, they’ve learned that since the state was always trying to deceive them, they’re justified in actively foiling the state:
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It’s the most common optical illusion
It’s so common, we don’t even think
of it as an optical illusion.
All "moving pictures" – movies, television, videogames, cartoons and so forth – rely on our brain to interpret separate images as motion. Continue reading “It’s the most common optical illusion”
Actually, most who say they are dogs on Facebook… actually are dogs on Facebook
"College-age users of Facebook in the United States and a similar social networking site in Germany typically present accurate versions of their personalities in online profiles… Continue reading “Actually, most who say they are dogs on Facebook… actually are dogs on Facebook”
“Art is the most beautiful deception of all…”
"… And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory."
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