{"id":238,"date":"2007-02-12T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-12T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=238"},"modified":"2007-02-12T17:53:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-12T22:53:00","slug":"checker-shadow-illusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"checker shadow illusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.madstone.net\/weblog\/uploaded_images\/checkershadow_illusion4sm-743723.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madstone.net\/weblog\/uploaded_images\/checkershadow_illusion4sm-731647.jpg\" alt=\"copyright 1995, Edward H. Adelson. These checkershadow images may be reproduced and distributed freely.\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>I found this site via del.icio.us today, and couldn&#8217;t believe what it showed until I experimented by placing a sheet of paper with two holes cut out over the screen.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m reproducing a tiny version of the image to lure you to the large version&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/persci\/people\/adelson\/checkershadow_illusion.html\">See the Illusion&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found this site via del.icio.us today, and couldn&#8217;t believe what it showed until I experimented by placing a sheet of paper with two holes cut out over the screen. I&#8217;m reproducing a tiny version of the image to lure you to the large version&#8230; See the Illusion&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgY3e-3Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1445,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=1445","url_meta":{"origin":238,"position":0},"title":"Rage and gender norms","author":"Jorah","date":"January 17, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I may be starting to figure out why people are so often panic-stricken (and frequently enraged to the point of violence) by others who don't comply with gender norms. 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