perception is everything

In the presentation by Beau Otto on optical illusions he states that what we see is not necessarily real. Every one my see that same thing but be influenced and notice it in different ways. The colour blue for someone could really be someone else’s red, but have been taught that it’s called blue.  If everyone saw the same thing interpreting it in the same way we as humans would be identical and indifferent. Our world would be boring. In his presentation he has a swarm of bee’s collecting honey from different circles shawn with different colours. The bees were tricked by the illusion and the shadows to get honey from different coloured circles then from what they did in the past. The media in our society influences us dramatically. Photoshop can create illusions and make our minds think differently and make decisions based on something that is not necessarily true. In our world today people need to be careful what they believe because not everything is what we think it is.

By Lev