Optical illusions are fun because you literally can’t believe your eyes. But isn’t it a little troubling that your eyes can get fooled like that? Why don’t they show you the visual truth? How can you ever trust them if they don’t?
https://gizmodo.com/20-optical-illusions-that-might-break-your-mind-5981603
Well that’s not their job. You can’t handle the truth. As ASAP Science explains, your peepers have painstakingly evolved to show you what you need to know in a way you can understand it. If you saw everything, you’d drown in the noise. Optical illusions are just a window into exactly how your eyes and brain team up to try and show you the world in context, in a way that makes immediate sense.
So don’t worry; if you needed to see the truth behind optical illusions, you’d be dead by now.
