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This simple gif of rotating dots will blow your mind

This simple gif of rotating dots will blow your mind
Picture: Reddit/screengrab

Some gifs have the ability to tickle fancies and confuse the mind.

This is one of those gifs:

Picture: Reddit

What do you see?

Most people will see a number of small white dots rotating inside a black circle.

Except that’s not what is happening.

Actually, every dot is simply moving in a straight line. Go on, pick a white dot and follow its movement with your eyes.

Mind = sufficiently blown.

HT Scienmag/Twitter

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