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Dave Kellet jokes about a visual illusion the visual pop-out phenomenon, in his webcomic Sheldon. Click the cropped image to see the full comic strip. Thanks Dave!

[Thanks, T.N. for the correction. Two blog posts about it here and here.]

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Dave Kellet jokes about a visual illusion the visual pop-out phenomenon, in his webcomic Sheldon. Click the cropped image to see the full comic strip. Thanks Dave!

[Thanks, T.N. for the correction. Two blog posts about it here and here.]