Ah . . . I see your point. Now if only all that snow you've had could be discounted so easily! :-)
My sister in Detroit just sent me a picture of the accumulation in her back yard tonight - after I sent her a comment about my four or five dozen daffodils in full bloom in my back yard. Stay warm! Best, Claudia On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 8:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Claudia, I get that on NJ roads as well on very hot July or August > days, but the difference between our experiences and the one experienced by > the guy in the desert is that, just as with the pencil in the glass or water > situation, we both recognize that what looks like a body of water ahead in > the road is readily recognized as mere shimmering; an illusion and, as such > and according to the classification I had mentioned, it becomes a simple > optical illusion. The lost, dehydrated guy in the desert, _believes_ the > shimmering IS water, therefore the additional error is one > of interpretation; it is perceptual in character. > > > > Miguel > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Claudia Stanny" <[email protected]> > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" < > [email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 9:06:31 PM > Subject: Re: [tips] Optical illusion or Perceptual illusion? (was Escher > water wheel) > > > Re: Miguel's discussion of the oasis (water in the desert) illusion: > > I suppose that mirages, such as the common > oasis-in-the-middle-of-the-desert mirage (shimmering from heat rising in the > horizon that appears as a body of water) and perhaps other like illusions > are a combination of the two, optical and perceptual. In the case of the > mirage, the percipient may be so confused from dehydration and exhaustion > and so thirsty that s/he ends up believing that the distortion created by > the shimering is an oasis, thus both elements are present in this illusion. > > I sure hope the dehydration/hallucination from heat component is > *not*required, given that I experience this illusion nearly every day from > June > through early September when driving my air-conditioned car along baking > Pensacola roads! > > :-) > Claudia > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=8879 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-8879-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d550&n=T&l=tips&o=8881 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-8881-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8883 or send a blank email to leave-8883-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
