Explore your blind spot

by Tom Stafford

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class="c1">try finding it again and notice what is in the hole where the spot disappears. It isn't just a black void, is it? Try drawing a vertical line through the dot, or use coloured paper instead of white. What you see in the blindspot instead of a black void is the result of a process called 'filling in'. It shows that although genuine information is not reported to the brain about what is going on in the blindspot, the mind makes a best guess about colours and patterns are likely to be there.

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+1 point: disappear something or someone from the real world

Now you know how to use the blindspot, you can unleash the power to disappear things from the rest of the world. Find an object, preferably one that is a different colour from its surroundings, and by closing one eye and focussing on your thumb you should be able to make it