Comments on: Just To Mess With Your Mind…

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:57:25 +0000

the center support is slanted. When it slants away from the viewer it appears to be taller and the balls look like they’re going uphill. When it slants toward the viewer it shows its true height and shows that the ramps are different lengths

By: Skeeter Raiford

Skeeter Raiford — Sat, 22 May 2010 21:51:47 +0000

That’s a pretty neat trick if a bit crazy! lol

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 22 May 2010 16:59:35 +0000

84 years on the planet earth, and I haven’t a clue……

By: Taistic

Taistic — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:57:36 +0000

Like everything in life, it’s all a matter of perception. I looked at the picture and knew that what was being done, I just didn’t know how the ramp stands could appear to be shorter on the outside until the perspective changed. Then you really see how it is done and how one’s perception of time, objects, and events can be distorted with the right circumstances.

By: Bev

Bev — Fri, 21 May 2010 03:27:25 +0000

This is by far one of the most clever demo’s we have seen. It is of course the optical illusion of magnets pulling the sphere’s uphill.
While in truth the demo is built with the ramps going down. As it is rotated in the demo, it’s apparent that the ramps go downward.
Thank you for Messing With My Mind today,,,

By: Irenkè

Irenkè — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:17:55 +0000

This is just a clever optical illusion. If you look close you can see the supports under the ramps are different sizes and angles. The ramps are different lengths too. So as you turn the platform around, you see it from a different perspective giving the illusion that the balls are rolling up the ramps, when they are actually rolling down the ramps. This illusion was voted the Best Visual Illusion Of The Year.

By: Glenn W. Bolsen

Glenn W. Bolsen — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:01:43 +0000

84 years on the planet earth, and I haven’t a clue……

By: Robert Wurzburg

Robert Wurzburg — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:17:27 +0000

When the square is rotated they are leaving you the impression that it is an optical illusion, the angle of the slides is reversed.
In the second section, they leave you off with no such indication. Notice that they use wood, rubber,, and finally glass marbles.
Wood is not a good conductor of static electricity, so how about magnets inside the balls? Rubber, and glass can be electrostat-
ically charged to repel from the bottom of the slides to the center. Notice how they seem to be attracted to each other and do
not fall back down from the top when they bump into each other. This must be part of the riddle answer.

By: Victor

Victor — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:56:11 +0000

Another one of those optical illusions.
The ramps actually slope downwards, as you can see when they rotate the view.

By: Collene

Collene — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:37:39 +0000

I must not be the bright bulb in the pack, cuz I shure can’t figure it out.