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The Best Visual Illusion of the Year

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“Impossible Motion: Magnet-like Slopes” won the 6th Annual Best Visual Illusion of the Year competition, held in Florida a few days ago. And, much like yesterday’s street paintings, it will make your brain hurt.

https://gizmodo.com/illusions-right-beneath-your-feet-5535468

No, this objet d’trickery created by Koukichi Sugihara of Japan’s Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences isn’t magic — infernal, infernal magic — nor is it computer generated. But it did win first prize. To see the rest of the top ten finalists, head over here — and pay special attention to the “monkey business illusion.”

Freaky, man.

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