More than meets the eye
John Harrison
- Regions:
- Surrey, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Subject enthusiast, experienced speaker
- Fee:
- Unknown: Depends on the group
- Category:
- Science
- Updated:
- 14th October 2022
- Tagged:
- Pattern | Perception | Illusions
The world around us is full of patterns, and the human brain is good at detecting them (even when not there) to help us make sense of the world. Being prone to illusions, and being error prone are the price we pay for being able to survive in an uncertain, complex world. I will share insights about your perceptual senses, with examples of illusions and paradoxes. See: jaharrison.me.uk/Talks/#MTMI
Views: 512 | Enquiries: 0About John Harrison
My career was half as a Chartered Engineer and half as a chartered Ergonomics & Human Factors Consultant. My talks draw partly on that but more on my many other interests including: photography, fell walking, bell ringing, railways, bricks, human perception, maths ,... I have given around 250 talks to 100+ different groups. I'm based in Wokingham, Berkshire so limited to the surrounding area for in-person events (but online can be anywhere). Details of my talks are on my website at: jaharrison.me.uk/Talks
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by John Harrison
- Living Heritage
- English-style bells and bellringing
- The Settle to Carlisle railway
- Bricks and Brickwork
- Iceland - land of ice and fire
- The Pennine Way
- I'll Take the High Road
- The Human Factor
- Footpaths - an endangered species
- An evolving garden
- The music of bellringing
- The maths of bellringing
- The Technology of Bellringing
- The maths of sea waves
- The evolution of electronic displays
- On Growth and Form
- Wheels within wheels
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