This is what I call a mental illusion (source:  I got it from STORM )
 in a  Bulletin Message:

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I can read this.... can you???

Body: 102 People on Myspace Can Read This (So far), Can You?

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs rpsoet it.

ONLY REPOST IF YOU CAN READ THIS!!!...Udtpae the nbuemr(at the top) boefre potsineo

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My original  comment on :

May 30, 2006 12:49 AM  for Subject: I make 102  I can read this....can you? 102 People on Myspace Can Read This (So far), Can You? posted in a bulletin at http://www.myspace.com/123codetesting    

 

"This is going to be the first time I actually took a bulletin and reposted it. This is so great. It's like when I type sometimes I 'm too busy to proofread. People will write me and tell me that I had misspelled words. But, I figure that if they are smart enough to know the words are misspelled then they probably understand what I meant. And this just lays it to the floor. and nails it down"

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Discussion:

This is a mental illusion because it is so easy to read even though there are no words with more than three letters in the entire message.  As an artist and a writer I have in the past made both puzzles and optical illusions using words and pictures.  As a picture paints a thousand words so a word creates a a picture.  Just as our brains are smart enough to figure this word scramble our subconsios is smart enough to leave us hints that point to the answers of questions we have asked ourselves in our writings and our art work.  When I received this actual message I began reading it as quickly as I would have read an impeccably typed letter.  Maybe quicker.    One reason,  is,  that in order for us to read and write and talk we use a language that was taught to us.  We were not born with our native languages.  So every communication that is written or verbal   has to be converted to that secret information exchange to our brain and sends back  the information from our reaction converting it once again to the language we have been taught.   The reason we can read this (in addition to the reason explained in the cyphered message) is, that the  mind is already prepared to can process mental math as son as communication begins.  This basic scrambling of information is just enough to satisfy our continual quest to be entertained, and have something different or new to happen without disrupting our lives. 

As I regenerate artwork you can expect that I will indeed put optical illusions into some of my pieces.  I will also add to this topic in the form of comments.

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