Episode 122: Optical Illusions

About this episode

This episode discusses how perception varies among individuals, illustrated by optical illusions.

[This episode originally aired on May 23, 2023] Today’s topic is perception, how we see our world • each of us sees things a little bit differently, and optical illusions highlight this fact • in one well known optical illusion, some people see a chalice, while other people see two women facing each other • which is it? • you might see a chalice when everyone around you sees two women • the problem begins when we take our versi...

People in this episode

Host: Judy Lief

Topics covered

• perception
• optical illusions
• subjective experience
• visual perception
• Buddhism

Keywords

• perception
• optical illusions
• chalice
• women
• subjectivity
• visual
• Buddhism

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