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Optical illusions are fascinating phenomena. If a person is interested, you can go online and find plenty of scientific explanations about how they trick your brain.

Most of the time, I’m a curious dude. But for some reason, I don’t really care how illusions work. They’re cool and entertaining, and that’s good enough.

Here are some good ones.

1. The illusion below is called “Dr. Angry and Mr. Calm.” When you view the image up close, Dr. Angry is on the left and Mr. Calm is on the right. But if you slowly back away from the screen, they soon switch sides.

2. In this illusion, the gears appear to rotate and mesh, even though they are not moving.

3. Count the number of black dots in this illusion — if you can.

4. Here’s another illusion of motion when no motion is present — Christopher Walken flying through space:

5. Which way is the Ferris wheel turning?

6. This illusion of motion is called “Rollers.”

7. This is the “corridor” illusion. If you use a hand to cover the middle third of the corridor, the animation speeds up. If you cover the outside two-thirds of the corridor, the animation slows down.

8. This funky illusion is psychedelic, man!