Your Brain is Lying to You in this Video — December 9, 2013

Your Brain is Lying to You in this Video

Warning: this video might drive you a little bit nuts. Even after you realize that it is messing with your head, the optical illusion in the video will continue to convince you to believe that two squares are identical. What a reminder of how easily we are fooled!

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