I saw this on Twitter a few days ago and meant to write about it then. But it’s neither urgent nor important, so it fell by the wayside.
This post features an image full of the digit 3… and somewhere in that field is a 5!
Apparently, it is “absolutely impossible” to find the 5 within 20 seconds.
I found it in less than 3.
The trick is to defocus your eyes, and then you should see it right away. The 3s stop playing weird tricks in the brain, and the 5 stands out clear.
In the annals of the absolutely impossible, this was utterly probable.
Published by Allyn Gibson
A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over fifteen years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.
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