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Do you see Marilyn Monroe or Albert Einstein?
“So, if you have normal vision or corrected-to-normal vision with glasses or contacts, you’ll see Einstein,” Dr. Ronald Smith, an optometrist, said. “Without it, you’ll see Marilyn Monroe.”
How does the Albert Einstein and Marilyn Monroe illusion work?
Monroe’s features are blurry and indistinct, while Einstein’s are finely drawn. Those fine details are only visible at closer distances, so the image appears to change as it zooms in (or as the viewer moves closer to it). When they saw the picture for 150 milliseconds, they saw Einstein but not Monroe.
Why did you see both Marilyn Monroe and Albert Einstein in the same picture at different times?
This is because the image of Monroe that makes up one-half of the optical illusion has far fewer pixels than the image of Einstein, which has super dense pixels that make the little details, like Einstein’s wrinkles, mustache, and the strands of his hair, jump out at the viewer.
Did Marilyn Monroe and Albert Einstein ever meet?
The very idea of Einstein and Monroe meeting and carrying on a conversation is laughable for obvious reasons. So, in answer to your question, “No”, they never met. Let’s not forget that her Marilyn Monroe persona was an act.
What is hybrid illusion?
Hybrid images illustrate a double image illusion, where different images are perceived depending on viewing distance, viewing duration or image size: one that appears when the image is viewed up- close (displaying high spatial frequencies), and another that appears from afar (showing low spatial frequencies).
How do you make a hybrid picture?
To create hybrid images, I overlaid the high frequency portion of one image on top of the low frequency portion of a second image. At close range, we interpret the image as the high frequency image and far away, we interpret the image as the low frequency image.
What did Marilyn Monroe say to Albert Einstein at a party?
At a dinner party. Einstein and Marilyn Monroe were seated next to each other. After a few flutes of champagne, she cooed in his ear, “I would love to have your child. With my looks and your brains, it will be the perfect child.” Einstein replied, “But what if it has my looks and your brains.”.
Was Marilyn Monroe smarter than people thought?
“Here lies Marilyn Monroe — 38-23-36”. That’s what Marilyn saw as her epitaph. She was a lot smarter than people thought. Forty-four years after her death, her vulnerable, gargantuan sexiness oozes beyond her Westwood crypt onto the American landscape and beyond.
Can you sleep with Albert Einstein?
Shelley allegedly responded “Marilyn, there’s no way you can sleep with Albert Einstein. He’s the most famous scientist of the century. Besides, he’s an old man.”
Would it not be wonderful to have a child with brains/beauty?
You remember that it was Isadora Duncan, the dancer, who said to Bernard Shaw, “Would it not be wonderful if we could have a child who had your brains and my beauty?” His reply was, “Yes, but supposing it had your brains and my beauty!” Also in 1928 a report about municipal government in New York City included the following instance: 5