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[Farsight]

Thanks Craig. The thing I've found very interesting about this is the "psychology of belief". To be honest I've found it rather surprising. In the latter example with the squares, people think the illusion is that A and B are the same colour. They don't appreciate that the illusion is that A and B are a different colour. I rather feel there are similar issues within physics. People "believe" in some idea or theory, but don't quite realise it how much of this is taken on faith rather than empirical open-minded logic. As a result they're far less willing to reconsider it than they think they are. For example, they will not follow the link and use the "swatch" to prove to themselves that the squares really are the same colour. Having said all that, I'm probably the same.