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A question for the ages...
2007-12-05, 10:53 PM #1
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Which way is the dancer spinning?
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2007-12-05, 11:00 PM #2
She naturally spins clockwise for me. However, by looking at the shadow, I can force myself to look back up and see the opposite. If I look away again, though, it usually goes back to clockwise.
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2007-12-05, 11:00 PM #3
[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/Jhonka/spinning.gif]

Both ways.
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2007-12-05, 11:01 PM #4
Originally posted by Gebohq:
She naturally spins clockwise for me. However, by looking at the shadow, I can force myself to look back up and see the opposite. If I look away again, though, it usually goes back to clockwise.


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2007-12-05, 11:03 PM #5
When I first saw the image it was counter-clockwise and then I saw it going clockwise the next day.
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2007-12-05, 11:04 PM #6
Freelancer. you cheat. :p
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2007-12-05, 11:05 PM #7
Clockwise if you look at it frame by frame, but Free hit the nail on the head for the illusion.
2007-12-05, 11:06 PM #8
Freelancer is such a cheater. But it's still amazing for me that I can't look at both at the same time going in opposite directions. I see one and they both turn the same way, then I notice the other and they swap. without the over-lapping and shading and background context for it all, it continues to mess with my mind!
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2007-12-05, 11:07 PM #9
the real trip geb is to try and get the "clockwise" labeled version to spin counter-clockwise.
(while focusing on it)
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2007-12-05, 11:54 PM #10
Counter-clockwise.

I can pretty much use the shadow as a switch between counter-clockwise and clockwise too.
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2007-12-05, 11:59 PM #11
I can see it's both, but my brain prefers to see the anti-clockwise spin. I have to force myself to see it the other way. I wonder what that says about my brain...?
2007-12-06, 12:02 AM #12
Well, going by the boobs, clockwise.

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2007-12-06, 12:18 AM #13
clockwise, but I can switch to anti-clockwise pretty easily.
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2007-12-06, 2:07 AM #14
supposedly, clockwise means you're "right-brained" and counter-clockwise means you're "left-brained." I don't buy it though.
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2007-12-06, 3:10 AM #15
You shouldn't, because it's a load of crap. It's just an optical illusion.
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2007-12-06, 3:21 AM #16
Ahhh! The first time I looked at it I couldn't see anything except clockwise. I read through the thread wondering how anyone could see different (until I got to Freelancer's cheat), look back to the top and the first thing I thought was "counter-clockwise". Now I can switch between them. Pretty neat.
2007-12-06, 4:30 AM #17
At first I saw counter-clockwise. But it got really weird, when her lower foot started to spin clockwise!
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2007-12-06, 6:25 AM #18
I can only see her spinning counterclockwise. Can't see the clockwise spin.

[edit: omg, now it's clockwise. Freaky illusion, Sarn.]
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2007-12-06, 6:32 AM #19
At the moment it feels impossible for me to switch from clockwise...
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2007-12-06, 7:40 AM #20
concentrate. Try looking at different parts of the picutre. Usually the shadow works best.

I'm discovering that with practice it gets easier.
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2007-12-06, 7:52 AM #21
I naturally see it as clockwise, but can use the shadow to switch it. Every time I come back to it, it's clockwise to me.
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2007-12-06, 8:05 AM #22
naturally clockwise, with a bit of work I can see the anti-clockwise direction
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2007-12-06, 8:06 AM #23
I saw clockwise first, but it's a lot harder to switch back to clockwise from counter.

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