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January 4, 2009

Yellow-blue-dot illusion

Via The Speculist, here's an explanation as to why it works.

Posted by George at 1/04/2009

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Canadian futurist, science writer, and ethicist, George Dvorsky has written and spoken extensively about the impacts of cutting-edge science and technology—particularly as they pertain to the improvement of human performance and experience. He is a contributing editor at io9, the Chairman of the Board at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies and is the program director for the Rights of Non-Human Persons program.

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