Monday, October 15, 2007

A poll for my readers

OK: now let's hear from you. Does this dancer spin clockwise or counterclockwise for you?

For me, she is clockwise. I can force her to spin the other way if I concentrate, but only for a short while.

So much for my career in math and science :-(.

But before I quit and become an astrologist (no offence to the right brainers! I like the future too!), here's some commentary, comfortingly containing the word "myth" (which we have all already suspected-- especially since all of my group, no slouches in math and science, saw clockwise).

I wonder if it wouldn't have been possible to produce an effective "test" with an image that is not a naked female body. (Hello all the new googlers who just found this site). Maybe the concentration required to spin in reverse would be that much harder to muster.

No comments: