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INERTIA

in·er·tia 

n.
1. Physics The tendency of a body to resist acceleration; the tendency of a body at rest to remain at rest or of a body in straight line motion to stay in motion in a straight line unless acted on by an outside force.
2. Resistance or disinclination to motion, action, or change: the inertia of an entrenched bureaucracy.
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so thats why i dont want to get up in the morning?!?!

The thatcher effect

look at this picture:

seems normal right?

now look at the exact same photo the right way up:

surprised?

this is known as the thatcher effect

basically when we see a picture the right way around we can almost instantly spot the “mistakes” but turn them upside down..it becomes a little bit more difficult

i first saw this on an episode of qi a while ago and only remembered about it yesterday..its quite interesting isnt it?

i thought a really nice example is this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n0FwA9SLQw

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