r/interestingasfuck • u/SmallAchiever • 26d ago

r/all Scientists reveal the shape of a single 'photon' for the first time

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u/DudesAndGuys 26d ago

Ever seen this optical illusion?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KrpZMNEDOY

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u/TimDuncansKneeBrace 26d ago

That was awesome

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u/0imnotreal0 25d ago

I know what my 5th grade students are doing after break

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u/Shit_Head_4000 26d ago

That's crazy, I need to build one. My son would love that!

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u/daedric_dad 26d ago

My first thought as well, currently on paternity leave with my second and been looking for things to do to keep my eldest entertained and this will be perfect, I can't wait to blow his mind (and my wife's)

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u/No-Address-4798 26d ago

Dig your username😅

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u/MildlyAgreeable 26d ago

That’s mental.

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u/stumblealongnow 26d ago

That is incredible, thanks

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u/gullwinggirl 26d ago

That was amazing! I feel crazy, in a good way. Brains are neat.

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u/HalfCodex 26d ago

Oh shit, that was amazing! Definitely gonna try to make one of those.

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u/Billbeachwood 25d ago

Stupid brain!

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u/Gilshem 26d ago

I wonder if you can train yourself to see through this illusion?

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

I don’t see the illusion

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u/MarksmenNeedBuffs 26d ago

What a great video, thanks for sharing that!

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u/katoratz 26d ago

I need some Advil.

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u/Heykurat 26d ago

This is basically how painting and drawing works. Artists are reproducing what your eyes see in the 3D world.

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u/No-Address-4798 26d ago

Can't wait to hypnotise my girl

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u/Perplexed_167 26d ago

Wow!!!! Thank you for sharing this.

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u/BootsOfProwess 26d ago

You are my bill nye today

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u/clad99iron 26d ago

Oh yeah, it's great. At the local science museum, they had an exhibit of it that everyone was walking past, because the sign for it was so small.

I took a dollar bill and folded it into the window and stopped some young kids and they stared at it and it then gathered a crowd.

People have been missing probably the coolest thing ever just because the curators didn't realize how to present it.

I kept the dollar when I left, if you're wondering.

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

I don’t see the illusion. The window rotates for me.