Talk:Illusion
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[edit] Recent (11/06)
I have made some made some recent changes to this article, but it is still is in rough shape. I will be away for the holiday, but I wanted to outline my thoughts in case anyone wanted to pick this up (or for myself when I return).
This is really my first page so any help, direction, constructive criticism would be great.MiaKarina 13:03, 21 November 2006 (UTC)908ii349r
[edit] Parallel
Shouldn't the various illusions parallel? For instance "Optical", "Aural", and "Kinetical" (as opposed to optical, auditory, and touch). Hyacinth
- Good Idea, but it is not the one that is generally followed. The reason was, in the beginning, when there was not of much idea regarding Hallucination, Illusion and Delusion, the attributed the illusion to "sound" and not to the "ears" and hence it was called as auditory and not aural.
- Of course, now we know that Sense organs are involved in Illusions and Sensations are involved in Hallucinations (with minor exceptions) Doctor Bruno 01:45, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
I would argue that a kinetic illusion and a tactile illusion are two different things. The first relies on one's expectations of how physical objects act upon one another, and the latter relies on fooling the sense of touch. Either way, the English language just doesn't work the way you propose. IanThal 21:13, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] what?
Yes this is true, but why you might ask yourself, why? Do you know or is it I that knows, the Wiki master, ahhh... we shall find out! <---whats up with that?
- Please sign your posts on talk pages per Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages. Thanks! Hyacinth 08:14, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hey!
the beginning of the article claims that all human senses can be fooled. I've yet to expirence an illusion of taste/smell. i.e. something salty tasting sweet. it may follow that consumption is the 'truest' of human expirences... Andrew
- Certain illnesses, trauma, or medication can cause a great deal of "taste" and "smell" confusion. Smelling or tasting things that aren't there is an important diagnostic indicator, particularly for neurological diseases or tramua of the brain. Inability to smell is equally important and can be surprisisngly dangerous. There is an entire industry devoted to making smells and odors seem different from their natural state. Ande B 21:46, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
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- I posted this query to mindhacks.com and get some responses that might answer your query. - Vaughan 07:22, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
the mindhacks responses are very good, thank you for that.
[edit] Y'know...
I have had "illusions" with touch and taste, so maybe some of you need to be more adventurous.
-Coopol
[edit] Proposed Merger
This page is extremely similar to the "Optical Illusion" page. Most pictures are common to both. Therefore, it should be merged under the name "Illusion." Dewarw 16:36, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
- I disagree with a merge. "Illusion" refers to more generic term, it may refer to optical, auditory, etc. illusions. The article Optical illusion is already quite big, it better stay as a separate article. Instead of merge, I would suggest moving stuff related to optical illusion from this artcile to optical illusion article. Andreas Kaufmann 21:18, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
- I am glad you have seen the point. The is a lot of duplicate material on these pages. If you oppose the merger, then move material. Dewarw 15:23, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, I have done this now. Now this article is an overview of different kinds of illusions. The details are explained in the corresponding articles. Andreas Kaufmann 21:47, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
- I am glad you have seen the point. The is a lot of duplicate material on these pages. If you oppose the merger, then move material. Dewarw 15:23, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
