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optical illusion II
Nov. 19th, 2014 09:02 amA comment on my previous post has prompted me to ask a follow-up - of the same kind but a slightly different order. This time it wasn't me who was confused, but somebody else.
This happened years ago in an apa, and I don't remember who were the people involved, and I certainly don't have the original photo. But this one I found on an image search - which is of political activists in Lebanon celebrating the passage of a domestic violence bill - will do as a substitute. I am making up names for everyone involved.
The context was that a member, whom we'll call Greg, was writing a long tale about some people whom he knew but none of the readers did, and as illustration he provided a photo of some of them together with some other people who weren't in the story. For a caption, he wrote, "The person at the furthest left is Sarah. To her left is Nadine."
And another member, call him Zach, commented, "Huh? What does the word 'furthest' mean to you?"
So my questions for you are:
1) Are you confused by Greg's caption?
2) If you're not confused, do you understand why Zach was confused?
3) Which one is Sarah, and which one Nadine, anyway? Identify them by their hairstyle and clothing.
This happened years ago in an apa, and I don't remember who were the people involved, and I certainly don't have the original photo. But this one I found on an image search - which is of political activists in Lebanon celebrating the passage of a domestic violence bill - will do as a substitute. I am making up names for everyone involved.
The context was that a member, whom we'll call Greg, was writing a long tale about some people whom he knew but none of the readers did, and as illustration he provided a photo of some of them together with some other people who weren't in the story. For a caption, he wrote, "The person at the furthest left is Sarah. To her left is Nadine."
And another member, call him Zach, commented, "Huh? What does the word 'furthest' mean to you?"
So my questions for you are:
1) Are you confused by Greg's caption?
2) If you're not confused, do you understand why Zach was confused?
3) Which one is Sarah, and which one Nadine, anyway? Identify them by their hairstyle and clothing.
