Category Archives: illusion

Understanding the exponential function

Posted on April 11, 2018 by

Professor Albert Bartlett famously said: The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function. One of the reasons that this is a ‘shortcoming’ is simply that the term ‘exponential function‘ is obscure to many. … Continue reading →

Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Education, illusion, People, Phlyarology, Strategy | Tagged , , , , | 16 Comments

Seeing three dimensions in two dimensions

Posted on April 1, 2018 by

Let me tell you right off the bat here that this isn’t an April Fool’s post. I promise you that. I’ve just learned from The Observation Post that April is apparently ‘National Humor Month’*; this post isn’t meant to be … Continue reading →

Posted in ... wait, what?, art, illusion, Phlyarology | Tagged , | 21 Comments

Seeing the real world

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

I seem to have hit a period of recurring themes, coming back to haunt me like a Sierpinski triangle. A boss of mine some years ago (nice chap) was adamant that he had reached a stage in his life in … Continue reading →

Posted in ... wait, what?, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, illusion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Big brother’s eyesight can’t be any better than ours…

Posted on July 16, 2008 by

Who is this? It’s Albert Einstein, right? OK, stand up and back off from the screen a few feet. Look again… Who is it now? … and do you think that videocamera evidence should be admissable? Thanks, Jane, for sending … Continue reading →

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