Summer Fun with Illusions (and a metaphor to boot!)

As August moves slowly toward the beginning of the school year, I find myself thinking about teaching legal ethics in the new semester.  As I discussed in my paper on the subject, when I teach Behavioral Legal Ethics I start by showing my students a few visual illusions, just to get them thinking about the limits of perception. My favorite, which I show in video form, is the Checker Board Illusion. Here it is for those not familiar with it:

As I was tinkering around with Twitter today, I came across another illusion, which is a must see. I have no idea how it works, but that it does is amazing. Here it is (and quite a metaphor for our times, I might add!):

This might be the Derek Zoolander of arrows. It can't point left. At least not until you put a mirror in front of it. Here's how it works: https://t.co/1D3nnZ2oWb pic.twitter.com/i33mawOGh0

— WIRED (@WIRED) August 3, 2019

 

 

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