Comments on: Darwinian Ev-Illusion?

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:56:28 +0000

Afterimage illusions are hard for some people to see. Look for a blurred negative image of what you were staring at while blinking rapidly at a white wall or surface. Here is a facsimile of what I see, a deeply shadowed portrait of Darwin with his bald head and fuzzy white beard.

By: Kayla

Kayla — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:01:30 +0000

Yep, I saw a fetus too.

By: Sanguinity

Sanguinity — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:28:51 +0000

I see a fetus.

By: MH

MH — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:39:09 +0000

I didn’t see it the first time I tried. The second time I made a point of keeping the image in focus for the full 30 seconds. Then the after image was in focus too.

By: Dack Brenton

Dack Brenton — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:26:49 +0000

The first time I tried it just looked like a fetus, which I thought was odd. Then I clicked through to the site and saw that it was supposed to be Darwin. The second time I was able to see Darwin for a few seconds and then it degenerated back into a fetus.

By: ATL-Apostate

ATL-Apostate — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:57:39 +0000

I never can see these damn things.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:04:49 +0000

I see nothing either

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:06:44 +0000

Hi Chuck! (Who’s Robert?)

Wait, it’s a dominant monkey beating a less-fit monkey to get a die?

I think it means the less fit monkey is more likely to die. But then again, if the dominant monkey eats the die, then he might die, especially if the die comes from China, where they often have toxins in the dye they use on the die that could cause him to die. Aye yie yie.

By: N

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:47:28 +0000

I don’t see it…

By: Siamang

Siamang — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:18:16 +0000

So it’s a monkey vomiting a die?

Wait, it’s a dominant monkey beating a less-fit monkey to get a die?

Is there a message about randomness and selection built into the image?