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Digit-Al
on June 21, 2020
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“You want to know something about how bullshit ins...
Have you ever noticed car wheels looking as if they are spinning backwards instead of forwards?
malingo
on June 21, 2020
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This is due to the rotation rate of the structural elements of the wheels being just above the flicker fusion threshold frequency, around 60 Hz [1]. As the wheels spin faster, they just look like a blur.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flicker_fusion_threshold
Digit-Al
on June 26, 2020
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Thanks. Very interesting.
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