Poggendorff geometrical optical illusion. The continuation of the line from the lower left is confused with the shorter line on the right side below.

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Poggendorff geometrical optical illusion. The continuation of the thin line from the lower left is confused with the shorter line on the right side below. The example on the right shows the deception.

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