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A couple years ago there was a fad involving optical illusions called "Magic Eye" pictures. These pictures, often blown up to poster size, looked like a mess of colored dots and lines. Supposedly, if you stared at one long enough, a picture would emerge. People either saw it or they didn't. Those who saw it were thrilled. The images that would emerge were actually three-dimensional. I stared at one of these posters in a store for a long time once. Other customers would stop and look for about thirty seconds and exclaim, "Oh, my gosh! Look at that!

