The Spinning Lady

For the first few minutes she was spining clockwise now if i squint at just the right moment she’ll reverse the direction she’s spining in so id say both.

She spins and goes up and down but I dont see any arm or finger movement and very little if any leg movement so it looks like a computer or miniature model to me.

There is not enough information to answer that question. Without that extra bit of information (which leg is actually in front and which is in back at any point in time) it is not possible to know which direction she is spinning. However, my mind seems to make a decision and once made, it’s hard to switch it.

It’s a nice graphic for experiencing how the brain tries to fill in missing information to solve a problem and once “solved” has difficulty seeing other points of view.

I am still going to say that she is spinning clockwise. It is only when I try to trick my brain into seeing the object otherwise do I see her spinning in the opposite direction.

Much can be said about the power of suggestion.

I think she spins both ways. First clockwise then counter-clockwise.

She spins both ways. For a while it is clockwise then she turns counter-clockwise. This reminds me of a time we tried to make an improvement effort with one day of Gemba and made entirely wrong reccomendations!

Very sure, clockwise there is no other option

I see her most of the time spinning clockwise, but there are a few times I catch her going counter-clockwise.

She spins both ways (insert Michael Scott comment) seriously though.

The reflection on the floor is the giveaway that it is not an optical illusion that can be seen as either way but more of a trick.

When she is rotating clockwise you would expect to be able to see the reflection of her extended leg as it travels away from the viewer but it disappears.

When she switches directions to go counterclockwise you can see the reflection of her foot as it travels away from the viewer.

The mirror floor mysteriously must be changing angles at the same time she switches directions or we are looking at the reverse of the video.

I was just about to write that it’s obviously a clockwise direction when suddenly I saw it the other way.

Clockwise for me. All day long. I can’t see how anyone sees something else. Just look at her “body parts” and stand in place and mimic her movements. When I do this I see her left foot on the ground when her back is to me. Then she turns to her right which is clockwise.

I think she spins counter clockwise for sometime and later switches to clockwise spinning.

Okay, back for a second day to look and I see it in another way now. It’s entirely possible the figure is not spinning circles at all. She could be turning to the right then reversing course and turning back to the left, then reversing course back to the right and doing this over and over. She would not actually be spinning in circles, but would appear to be.

If she’s spinning clockwise or she’s spinning counterclockwise the silhouette/shadow will be the same, think about it, how would it be different?

Both. at times her right leg is up and she is spinning clockwise and at other times her left leg is up and she is spinning counter clockwise.

counterclockwise the first 9 revolutions i watched, then 15 clockwise

She is spinning counter clockwise for me… Its difficult for me to make the change to clockwise.

In order to ensure the direction of something spinning, you need to watch it spinning with a perpendicular angle between the rotation plane an your sight

Is this the lady or the shadow I see ??

Something seems wrong…I sometimes see both clockwise and counter clockwise..I suspect it is something to do with right or left eye dominance ??

Have not read the other blog comments yet..

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