This viral optical illusion is melting everyone’s minds

Jamie Jones. Updated November 24th, 2020

Siqi Chen on Twitter says “This may be the strongest optical illusion I’ve ever seen”, and honestly, we have to agree. Take a look for yourself:

This may be the strongest optical illusion I’ve ever seen.pic.twitter.com/J8fCqbQUJ1

— Siqi Chen (@blader) November 22, 2020

At first glance, it appears that the stick figures are moving but once you look a little closer the truth starts to reveal itself: everything in the gif – other than the last figure – remains completely still.

Here’s someone smart to explain what’s actually going on:

https://twitter.com/egg1111115/status/1330766046521749509

If your mind has been blown, then you’re not alone.

This hurts my brain… https://t.co/UL9jhh2wr9

— Chris Graham (@OneCrispyGraham) November 23, 2020

I hate this so much https://t.co/gDTedInsef

— John Regehr (@johnregehr) November 23, 2020

https://twitter.com/arainert/status/1330669807885283337

Apologies for any minds that may have been melted.