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bdk3clash
03-03-2005, 01:10 AM
Watch this video (http://www.media.uio.no/personer/arntm/McGurk_large.mov) and figure out what the guy is saying. (Feel free to play it multiple times.)

Then play the video again but close your eyes once it starts playing.
EliteNinja
03-03-2005, 01:23 AM
He must be a ventriloquist or something.
slickpoppa
03-03-2005, 01:26 AM
woh, that is pretty cool
Eihli
03-03-2005, 01:34 AM
i don't get it. is this like one of those magic picture things where if you stare at it long enough you see a dolphin? i can't make out anything other than dah dah with my eyes closed or open.
istewart
03-03-2005, 01:34 AM
I am confused beyond belief. wtf am I missing?
slickpoppa
03-03-2005, 01:36 AM
Answer in white

<font color="white"> if you look at the video, it sounds like he is saying "GA GA GA..." but if you close your eyes it sounds like "BA BA BA..." At least it does for me </font>
eric5148
03-03-2005, 01:40 AM
Uh... it sounds like da da da with or without my eyes open.

This is stupid as hell, btw.
Evan
03-03-2005, 01:46 AM
Funny, its exactly the opposite for me.
slickpoppa
03-03-2005, 01:47 AM
[ QUOTE ]
Funny, its exactly the opposite for me.

[/ QUOTE ]

I just realized I mistyped and got it backwards
Evan
03-03-2005, 01:53 AM
Good, I was worried abotu myself.
pshreck
03-03-2005, 01:55 AM
This is really freaking nuts. It works even if you just cover his mouth with your hand. What is the science behind this? Our brains process some sounds base on lip movement?
bdk3clash
03-03-2005, 01:46 PM
Meh, bump for the daytime crowd.
asofel
03-03-2005, 01:59 PM
wow, that's weird...i alternated covering his mouth with my hand and uncovering it...i think my head asplode...
DemonDeac
03-03-2005, 02:10 PM
holy crap that is weird
peachy
03-03-2005, 02:14 PM
uumm i hear no difference at all any which way!!! /images/graemlins/confused.gif /images/graemlins/crazy.gif
pshreck
03-03-2005, 02:16 PM
[ QUOTE ]
uumm i hear no difference at all any which way!!! /images/graemlins/confused.gif /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Close your eyes when listening, then open your eyes when listening. If you do this, you will hear a difference. Be open minded and open eared to it.
peachy
03-03-2005, 02:18 PM
i tried it all ways...no matter what i hear ba ba ba ba ba ba
pshreck
03-03-2005, 02:18 PM
[ QUOTE ]
i tried it all ways...no matter what i hear ba ba ba ba ba ba

[/ QUOTE ]

Its a very subtle difference? Im not sure what you are doing wrong.
peachy
03-03-2005, 02:20 PM
maybe my brain is too smart!!!
bdk3clash
03-03-2005, 02:27 PM
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maybe my brain is too smart!!!

[/ QUOTE ]
That's *one* possibility...
peachy
03-03-2005, 02:29 PM
[ QUOTE ]
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maybe my brain is too smart!!!

[/ QUOTE ]
That's *one* possibility...

[/ QUOTE ]

hahah we will just stick with that one...the other exteme is not an option!!
young nut
03-03-2005, 02:30 PM
wow, that is really really strange. Has something to do with how our brains process lip movements and speech. Very interesting video.
Ulysses
03-03-2005, 04:27 PM
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Funny, its exactly the opposite for me.

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I just realized I mistyped and got it backwards

[/ QUOTE ]

Uh, did you edit your original post?
Ulysses
03-03-2005, 04:28 PM
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i tried it all ways...no matter what i hear ba ba ba ba ba ba

[/ QUOTE ]

Your brain is broken.
daryn
03-03-2005, 04:31 PM
i can't see this due to my recent reformat. do i need quicktime or what?
daryn
03-03-2005, 04:39 PM
whoa. crazy.
Daliman
03-03-2005, 04:55 PM
[ QUOTE ]
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i tried it all ways...no matter what i hear ba ba ba ba ba ba

[/ QUOTE ]

Your brain is broken.

[/ QUOTE ]

Mine too then, I guess.

Explains lots...
wacki
03-03-2005, 04:58 PM
I must be immune.
edtost
03-03-2005, 05:01 PM
[ QUOTE ]
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i tried it all ways...no matter what i hear ba ba ba ba ba ba

[/ QUOTE ]

Your brain is broken.

[/ QUOTE ]

brain?
Daliman
03-03-2005, 05:06 PM
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I must be immune.

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Nah, just harder to hear when yer head's up yer ass.
Ulysses
03-03-2005, 07:21 PM
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
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i tried it all ways...no matter what i hear ba ba ba ba ba ba

[/ QUOTE ]

Your brain is broken.

[/ QUOTE ]

Mine too then, I guess.

Explains lots...

[/ QUOTE ]

I believe you, but I find it amazing that people are looking at that guy and hearing ba-ba-ba while watching his lips move.
ClaytonN
03-03-2005, 07:34 PM
Whoa!

I too was like 'wtf' then I listened openly and tried to pick up on something.

When he talks, it sounds like "da da da", but when you close your eyes it's "ba ba ba"

Holy crap.
ClaytonN
03-03-2005, 07:35 PM
Okay, here's a good trick:

1) Watch the video in sequence where he talks three times

2) Watch the screen for the 1st and 3rd sequences, but look away during the 2nd

3) Look away during the first and second sequenecs, but watch during the 2nd

Creepy!
InchoateHand
03-03-2005, 07:44 PM
Actually, it sounds like "tha," an arabic letter.