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  • Motion Induced Blindness ~ The yellow dots disappear...

    • 29 Jan 2012
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    • Blindness Illusion January 29 2012 Motion
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    What to see 
    Below you see a rotating array of blue crosses and 3 yellow dots. Now fixate on the centre (watch the flashing green spot). Note that the yellow spots disappear once in a while: singly, in pairs or all three simultaneously. In reality, the 3 yellow spots are continuously present, honest !

    What to do 
    You can use the slower/faster buttons to change speed. Disappearance persists down to surprisingly low speeds. [ If there are no buttons on the right, please update your Flash player.]

    You can use the larger/smaller buttons to change size. Disappearance persists up to surprisingly large sizes.

    You can use the “back-col” button to change the background colour. The yellow dots disappear into whatever colour the background has.

    The ‘defaults’ button at the top restores the standard settings.

    via msf-usa.org

    Sent by Bob...Thanks !

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  • Handel and Bach were Both Blinded by One Man

    • 17 Dec 2011
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    • 16December11 Blindness Composers Health Care Historical Malpractice Oddities
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    "A University of Wisconsin-Madison ophthalmologist says both Handel and Bach underwent eye surgery at the hands of an "oculist" called the Chevalier John Taylor.

    "Taylor was the poster child for 18th century quackery," says Daniel Albert, MD, MS, the author of "Men of Vision," a history of ophthalmology. The book has a chapter on Taylor's colorful, if gruesome, career...

    Albert describes him as "the most infamous of all ophthalmic quacks." His arrival into town would be heralded by placards and handbills, and his coach was decorated with paintings of eyeballs and the motto: "Qui dat videre dat viver" (He who gives sight, gives life.)"

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