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Illusion
A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Illusion.
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Video playlists about Illusion
4 talks
Things you've probably never noticed
Wait, what's that? Did you see it? Bet you didn't. Check out these talks that'll help you see the intriguing details hiding in plain sight.
Talks about Illusion
03:20
Marco Tempest
A swarm of mini drones makes ... magic!
3 minutes 20 seconds
04:09
Zohreh Davoudi
Are we living in a simulation?
4 minutes 9 seconds
14:21
Derren Brown
Mentalism, mind reading and the art of getting inside your head
14 minutes 21 seconds
04:15
Bence Nanay
The "End of History" Illusion
4 minutes 15 seconds
16:10
Petter Johansson
Do you really know why you do what you do?
16 minutes 10 seconds
08:42
Eric Dyer
The forgotten art of the zoetrope
8 minutes 42 seconds
16:33
Tasos Frantzolas
Everything you hear on film is a lie
16 minutes 33 seconds
10:05
Pico Iyer
The beauty of what we'll never know
10 minutes 5 seconds
12:43
R. Luke DuBois
Insightful human portraits made from data
12 minutes 43 seconds
06:57
Mileha Soneji
Simple hacks for life with Parkinson's
6 minutes 57 seconds
13:11
Helder Guimarães
A magical search for a coincidence
13 minutes 11 seconds
03:53
Andrew Vanden Heuvel
The moon illusion
3 minutes 53 seconds
07:16
Mark Changizi
Why do we see illusions?
7 minutes 16 seconds
06:35
Marco Tempest
A cyber-magic card trick like no other
6 minutes 35 seconds
06:31
Marco Tempest
A magical tale (with augmented reality)
6 minutes 31 seconds
14:19
Ben Goldacre
Battling bad science
14 minutes 19 seconds
See all talks on Illusion