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Old July 9th 04, 10:50 PM
Mike Ruskai
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Default Definitive moon size illusion experiment

On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 00:37:37 -0400, starman wrote:

Mike Ruskai wrote:

The illusion is alive and well when out on the ocean,
with no terrestrial objects anywhere in sight.


That would seem to imply that there is a connection with our
equilibrium, which tells the brain whether our head is level with the
horizon or tilted upward.


Perhaps a convincing planetarium projection on the ceiling, viewed while
lying down, could provide support (or not) for that theory.


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