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Re:How the moon stirs tension between the conscious and subc... by mhandley on Thursday November 20, 2014 @12:47PM (#8637002)
I've never really strongly seen the moon illusion either - maybe it looks just a tiny bit bigger, but certainly not significantly bigger.

I get the same thing with the Ebbinghaus illusion you linked to - there seems to be a very slight difference between the diameter of the two centre circles, but only perhaps 1/4 of the width of the lines. If I stare at it for a while, even that difference goes away. Is that what you see too, or is the effect stronger?

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Re:How the moon stirs tension between the conscious and subc... by Luc on Thursday November 20, 2014 @02:12PM (#8637472)
No, that's what I see too, though I can't will myself to not see it. I get a stronger effect with the colored version on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebbinghaus_illusion
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