Poll: STARE at this.

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Keep Staring.

What happens?

Isn't that cool?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troxler%27s_fading

What other weird little tricks of the human body do you know about?

Edit: Thanks to phreakdb: if you're having problems, try and be less than a foot away from the screen.

 

[repeating integers]

But... wait...

That's amazing.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Just checking.

It's supposed to disappear right? I'm not actually a Jedi or something?

Edit: Be right back. Making some camo out of this pattern. Stealth suit, here I come!

 

[Batou667]

Ha! Yes, that's very cool. I won't spoil what happens, but suffice it to say I expected nothing to happen and I was wrong.

 

[Rusman]

Wow that's actually really cool, first only the top part did then the whole thing went! I am going to keep staring and pretend I am a wizard who can make stuff vanish!

 

[Wieke]

Yeah that is pretty cool. Read about it in a Cracked article [http://www.cracked.com/article_19506_6-scary-tricks-that-amazed-us-as-kids-explained-by-science.html]. Thought it only worked with moving/changing parts though, guess I was wrong.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Took me a while for it to happen, but it did eventually.

 

[Furioso]

What is this nonsense, it can't just disappear, yup see I'm staring at it and nothing is hapOMG THATS SO COOL!

 

[rokkolpo]

Clown camouflage!

Edit: Making sure I don't have a to low content post.
''That was amazing!''

 

[Wolfhowl the shadow lurker]

some bits of it keep on going places but its still there

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

That's pretty cool. The only other one I can think of off the top of my head is this

Spoiler: optical illusion

where you have to count the circles, but that's pretty old.

 

[Arina Love]

What is this witchcraft?

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

Pretty nice, and i have noticed that before though
And i have one...
Apparently, you can see through your finger when you put it up to your face because your eyes take in what is behind it and replicate it...


Or something like that anyway.

 

[StormShaun]

Thats awesome, I have always notice that this sometimes happen in the dark too, except it gets darker.

 

[zarguhl]

Argh! I can't make it work. I've started at it with and without blinking for ages and it just sits there. Part of it kind of faded a little once or twice but that's about it.

 

[Gamblerjoe]

nope. didn't work. The one on the wiki didn't work either.

 

[Spitfire]

Ok guys, you know the drill.

OT: My sore eyes aside, that was pretty cool.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Argh! I can't make it work. I've started at it with and without blinking for ages and it just sits there. Part of it kind of faded a little once or twice but that's about it.

nope. didn't work. The one on the wiki didn't work either.

The way to do it, because I used to have problems, is to stare at a fixed point and not to acknowledge the flickering. If that fails, try going cross-eyed slowly.
Also works with the Magic Eye pics.

 

[zarguhl]

I had the same problem, You've got to focus on a specific point preferably the center of the image. If you don't mind me asking, do either of you have aspergers?

I did try that, and I tried what I used to do with Magic Eye things and kind of looked through it. That made it fade very slightly but only for an instant.

And no aspergers here. Does that have an effect on this kind of thing?