cultural differences in perception

[jrtom]

http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/08/68626

Interesting stuff, and not something I would have thought to expect.

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Perception

[fdmts.livejournal.com]

How odd. That's totally not what I expected either ... but it makes total intuitive sense.

Naturally, they've gone off the deep end with the "social complexity" bullshit ... but it's a very interesting set of observations.

[lightning-rose.livejournal.com]

The article reminds me of this optical illusion (maybe NSFW)

http://www.lightning-rose.com/images/stuff/OpticalIllusion2.JPG