Visual Illusions Of Ted Talk

The authors in “Ivan Coyote Ted Talk” and “Black Faces in White Spaces” discuss current, significant issues and establish their ethos in particularly similar ways. During the Ted Talk, Ivan Coyote proposed his reasonings as to why gender-neutral bathrooms are needed in today’s society through personal experiences and experiences of others. Miatta Williams also renders her personal growth experiences to reveal that prejudice is prevalent in all parts of America and that it should be taken seriously.

Perception is something that I find really interesting. One of the biggest reason is because it is created by all of our senses and by our memory of our experiences. These are all things that are slightly different for everyone and seems to create infinite possibilities. I am an amateur artist and while in an art class one of our takes were to create a drawing only using straight lines of any thickness. Some of the drawings started to take on different images based on the angle you were looking at the picture. Once I saw an image it was harder to try to see a different image since I already knew what to expect to see. This is an example of how the top-down process allows your memory and expectations to interfere with our perception of what was drawn on the page.

Moreover, the human nature in this universe is of someone that act based on what they believe. In the Ted talk, Sinek explains that people are going to believe in whatever they want to believe even if doesn't makes sense to others. Some people that have the ability to think outside the box are wire a certain way in were they truly believe in their ideas that help other and "it could change the course of the world". For example, you have people like the Wright brothers that believe in the idea of making an "flying machine' fly in the sky. They didn't have the resources to fund this kind of project, but they didn't anyways, until they succeeded. Then you had other people like Samuel Langley that were doing the same experiment and were well

Al Seckel, a cognitive neuroscientist, explores the idea that a violation in our visual perception can cause us to feel a sense of joy during a TedTalk presentation in Monterey, California on February 26, 2004. He elaborates on this idea by presenting the audience with various examples of visual illusions concerning a violation in depth, colour, shape, size, and etc. The lecture is packed with various types of visual illusions ranging from old to new, from artists such as Leonardo Da Vinci to Arthur Ganson and he even included several examples of the visual illusions he has created. His hypothesis regarding the delight in visual illusions is correct, as throughout the lecture, when presented with new visual illusions the audience is entertained and joyful.

Stereotypes are created in differents ways. When a stereotypes is created it gives a wrong idea of how people actually are. In the ted talk “ the danger of a single story by Chimamanda Adichie talks about how we created our own wrong perspective of how people are. When in reality they not like that. Stereotypes are created in many ways.

In the Ted Talk shown, the idea that stood out the most is the comparison between the real patient and the “Ipatient” as Dr. Verghese calls it. In today’s world the patient’s records and electronic files are under better care and surveillance than the patient himself. Hospitals and other medical institutions make the mistake of making sure that everything from x-rays to cat scans are well taken care of than doing a physical touch from doctor to patient step by step checkup. Most of the time patients spend time alone wondering where their doctor or nurse is at instead of being at their disposal all the time.

In life, we all struggle with some type of stereotypical thing, it could be from; family, friends, strangers, or even neighbors. In the the TED Talk video, chimamanda Adichie states, “the only fear is created by stereotypes.” Walking down the street everyday, imagine what people talk about one’s person, we think as a society about one another in many ways. I personally could relate to Adichie about her experiences when she came to the U.S. when she went to a university, by using my sociological imagination, being able to out myself in her shoes is living on a regular bases. Many people stereotype and look at each other based off the way they looks, where they come from, the gender, and sometimes even religion or ethnicity.

By the end of the Ted Talk, Fisher states “You know, when you’re been dumped, the one thing you love to do is just forget about this human being, and then go on with your life – but no, you just love them harder.” To simplify this even further, the past isn’t just the past when you’re in love. You just don’t forget everything that you have experienced and just move on. It’s not like pressing the delete and start over. Everything you experience while in love is forever in your memory. You want to move on and continue on with life but the harsh reality is, you can’t. For some odd reason, you want the thing you’re in love with even more.

Because we are so involved with something, our brains can’t take in other information and deems other surroundings as unnecessary. Because people were so focused on where the basketball was travelling, no one was able to pick up on the gorilla coming into scene. The gorilla was seen as something unnecessary to viewers. Chabris and Simons are exclaiming that individuals are commonly deceived by what they see. It is not necessarily a question of an illusion, but rather one of how your brain perceives information.

Introduction Audiences have at all times throughout history been amazed by illusions performed for them for the purpose of entertainment by the means of “magicians.” Some of these magicians include David Copperfield, who made the Statue of Liberty disappear, Harry Houdini, who was most famous for his escape tricks, and Robert Houdin, who would “read” the audience’s mind. In spite of the fact that many of these magicians appear to have done their magic through some supernatural force, in reality, the magicians use their sleight of hand in order to change the perspective of the audience. According to the article, “Magic as a Cooperative Deceit,” the author states that magic is an attempt to change the belief of the audience that something out

Magicians or Illusionist are known for manipulating our minds. They will tell you keep your eye on something and you watch as carefully as you can to see how it’s done. You’ll watch every movement they make but you never figure out how, this is because they are known for taking your attention to another place. They manipulate your ability to focus by using to two types of processing that form in your brain, “top down attention”, which deals with decision making, and “bottom up attention.”, which is how to grab your focus. Illusionists use both forms of attention to trick you, and even if you know how the trick works, you will still be fooled.

Participants in the study were asked to match an altered stimuli by size to a reference stimuli in the illustration. The aim was to examine whether the number of depth cues would influence the magnitude of the Ponzo illusion. It was hypothesized that as the number and type of depth cues in the illusion pattern increased, the participants’ estimates of the stimulus would also

It is important to be exposed to others’ stories in any way possible because only then can you get a real feel for who they are. Instead of assuming we know someone based on one story we’ve heard about them, we should talk to them and learn who they truly are and what made them the person they are today. While watching the TED talk, my eyes were opened. I realized that I have stereotyped against others. Just because you know there are people in poverty and without efficient resources in Africa, doesn’t mean every single person is. Also, after reading an article and hearing about the other, I became aware that while reading a book, whether fiction or nonfiction, I put myself in the character’s shoes. I should also put myself in other people’s

Deception has taken many forms throught the course of human history, not necessarily magic but also fraud against the citizens of a nation. For example Volkswagen made headlines in a scheme to escape emissions regulations, the company created "green" diesel cars that had a "defeat device" which is a software used to produce the illusion of a car that complies with the regulations. We do not like the idea of being deceived especially if the outcome is negative. In this example the illusion is created to separate perception from reality and magicians take advantage of this as well as our eyes, touch and minds to create the impossible, but how possible can it become? Can the average person like you and I master the art of deception?

In Nagin Cox’s TED Talk “What Time is it on Mars?” the audience learns the many changes engineers, who are studying Mars, have to undergo. Cox explains that in order for this special group of NASA technicians to be able to deliver the most accurate, up-to-date information about activity on Mars, they have to adjust to “Mars Time.” According to Cox, the duration of a standard day on Earth is forty minutes longer on Mars. This means that every day the employees must attend the work site forty minutes later than the day prior. The viewer soon learns that this slightly confusing and exhausting schedule does not only affect the NASA engineer, but also his or her family. One understands that the individuals who participate in research regarding