The Wagon Wheel Illusion - 05/14/12 11:06 PM
Some considerable time ago, when we were discussing the possible quantization of time I mentioned the wagon wheel illusion and wondered why it could be observed without the aid of a camera. At the time it seemed that others were not familiar with the “naked eye” version, and the subject was dropped. There is an example/explanation of it at this link.
http://www.newscientist.com/videoredirect?bcpid=659647535001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAAADqBmN8~,Yo4S_rZKGX3S7qzA9QxPBGY4CrdM-P1a&bctid=46015211001
http://www.newscientist.com/videoredirect?bcpid=659647535001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAAADqBmN8~,Yo4S_rZKGX3S7qzA9QxPBGY4CrdM-P1a&bctid=46015211001