You may be puzzled by the headline of this post just as I was when I went on Twitter yesterday afternoon and saw tons of people tweeting and arguing about the color of a dress.
Huh?
The whole hullabaloo still seems bizarre to me, but I think it does offer an opportunity, especially for International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge classes, to use it for discussing Perception.
Here are a few quick links that I think TOK teachers might find useful:
What color is this dress? Weigh in on the photo everyone’s talking about is from NBC News.
What's happening in the brain when 2 people see the same colour differently: http://t.co/tW5FLLGRb8 #TheDress pic.twitter.com/MWxRM5dP0c
— BBC Future (@BBC_Future) February 27, 2015
What colour is #TheDress? Our #BigPicture issue w/ more optical illusions http://t.co/tYFyOohkvf +info on the brain http://t.co/VBPFKOgb8b
— Wellcome Education (@WTeducation) February 27, 2015
We called scientists to find out why nobody agrees on the color of this dress: http://t.co/xDk6ilReMl pic.twitter.com/XXagBwesIK
— WIRED (@WIRED) February 27, 2015
12 fascinating optical illusions show how color can trick the eye is from The Washington Post.
Devil with the blue dress: My explanation of #thedress for my psych students: https://t.co/PSYFEC9J0b
— Steven Pinker (@sapinker) February 27, 2015
Sense perception: Blue and black, or white and gold? http://t.co/m09YVjXEFB
— TOK.net (@TOKsupport) February 27, 2015
Why is this happening? http://t.co/GGCUtoSlqD pic.twitter.com/pi7zUWNNBi
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 27, 2015
One more, Larry! MT @Larryferlazzo Best Edu Resources: The Dress http://t.co/Jc40S2AofW #DressGate2015 https://t.co/ufY0iRb7Mv @AsapSCIENCE
— Amy Erin Borovoy (@VideoAmy) February 27, 2015
Scientists can mostly explain the color-changing dress. But there's still a big mystery: http://t.co/sGEulstH5U pic.twitter.com/IzwsPfPX3l
— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 27, 2015
.@NewYorker cartoon, with its own take on (what else?) the dress. No llamas were available. http://t.co/fZLr390HRM pic.twitter.com/bTZGDfE0aE
— Maria Konnikova (@mkonnikova) February 27, 2015
The Two Women Behind The Dress Definitively Reveal Its Color http://t.co/zlMn5PlDsq
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) February 27, 2015
The color of "the dress" by eyesight: http://t.co/oC5aGNiwcW #dataviz pic.twitter.com/jJtptXib8j
— Randy Olson (@randal_olson) February 27, 2015
This cartoon is the simplest explanation of the color-changing dress http://t.co/8YoTdIzsoK pic.twitter.com/N3euks6Oew
— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 27, 2015
Though I do think it’s useful in class, and I’ll be talking about it there today, I still do tend to agree with Paul Bruno here:
I can't even tolerate talking about actual, real-world dresses being worn by people I know.
— Paul Bruno (@MrPABruno) February 27, 2015
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