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Location:

Riverton,UT,

Member Since:

May 06, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:


PR Marathon

2:51:33 (St. George 2009)

3:01:00 (St. George 2008)

3:09:52 (St. George 2007)

3:24:48 (St. George 2006)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Improve training. Get serious, lose weight.

Improve speed.


Long-Term Running Goals:

Lifetime fitness, including running.

 

Personal:

Married with 4 kids. I live in Riverton and work as an attorney downtown in Salt Lake City.

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1 hour strike class.

3 at 8:00, random incline to 1.5%

.5 at 6:00, -3% decline.

.5 at 5:20, -3% decline.

Modification of image posed last week, if you concentrate on the black center the dots will appear yellow then disappear altogether:

 

Now, the image of the woman below is not objectively “spinning” in one direction or the other. It is a two-dimensional image that is simply shifting back and forth. But our brains did not evolve to interpret two-dimensional representations of the world but the actual three-dimensional world. So our visual processing assumes we are looking at a 3-D image and is uses clues to interpret it as such. Or, without adequate clues it may just arbitrarily decide a best fit – spinning clockwise or counterclockwise. And once this fit is chosen, the illusion is complete – we see a 3-D spinning image.

By looking around the image, focusing on the shadow or some other part, you may force your visual system to reconstruct the image and it may choose the opposite direction, and suddenly the image will spin in the opposite direction.


Comments
From Smooth on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 17:35:16 from 174.23.240.142

That is so cool but FREAKY at the same time that I can actually "force" my visual system to reconstruct a reverse in the "illusional spinning" direction!

Sure put a new "spin" on the phrase "I'll believe it when I see it."

From Kelli on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 18:30:42 from 71.219.97.106

We saw something like this at the Blue Man group in Vegas, very cool!

Nice work out.

From Rhett on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 18:55:14 from 74.42.168.210

I can't make it change directions! STINK! : )

Paul, you must have had a busy work day if you are just getting around to posting. I hope it was a good busy.

From Lyman on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 22:19:46 from 75.169.106.239

It took me a while but finally got her spinning the opposite direction. Very cool!

From MarcE on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 22:30:18 from 206.225.68.25

Very cool! I love these things. My wife and I saw her spinning in opposite directions, and she couldn't understand how I could possible be seeing her spinning counter-clockwise. Then she was able to see it my way...that's a first! :)

From Cal on Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 13:01:00 from 66.133.117.3

YESSS!!!!

Finally got the lady to spin in either direction at will.

From Burt on Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 13:26:38 from 68.76.197.194

I got her to spin upside down. I had to stand on my head.

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