Mind-melting optical illusion reveals how what you see isn’t always reality

AN optical illusion spotted by a scientist at a cafe in the 1970s is still baffling scientists to this day. The aptly named Cafe Wall Illusion tricks your brain into seeing curved lines when all the lines are actually parallel. The horizontal lines are actually parallel, and not at all slanted. Look at the distance between them at the start and end of each row if you don’t believe it. Wonderful version of the cafe wall illusion, by Victoria Skye. pic.twitter.com/tYQYWEawU7 — Gavin Buckingham (@DrGBuckingham) May 29, 2020 The optical illusion was first called the Kindergarten illusion in 1898 but… Read Full Article