Re: Off Topic Easy Psychological Poll

In alt.usage.english, aruzinsky wrote:
Under the above assumption, someone saying "clockwise" or
"counterclockwise" would be correct with equal probability. Depending
on convention, maybe, saying 5/10 certain could be construed as
correct. However, anyone saying that they are absolutely (10) certain
would be epistemologically wrong.

As for the assumption itself, I have carefully examined the still
frames and see no evidence to the contrary.

Do I understand you correctly that you found nothing in the frames to
indicate clockwise or anticlockwise?

If so, could you explain how you would insert such a bias if you wanted
to? As soon as I saw the image I concluded that it could be seen either
way with 50% probability, the details of the frames being irrelevant.

As it happens I saw it clockwise, and had great difficulty in making it
appear anticlockwise. But I *knew* it could be done (how could it be
otherwise?), I persisted, and now I can make it go either way.

--
Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England
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