Is anything real? The Imaginauts aim to find out as they explore the world of Illusion! Can you trust your senses? What's the McGurk effect? Who mistakes their wife for a hat? Did you spot the gorilla? Are we living inside a simulation? What has Picasso got to do with World War I? Razzle Dazzle? All these questions answered and more on Imaginauts!

In this episode:
Phil - Is the human experience an illusion?

The McGurk Effect - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lN8vWm3m0
Checker Shadow Illusion - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_shadow_illusion
Grey Strawberries - https://goo.gl/VmGXhW
"The Dress" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dress
The Moon Illusion - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_illusion
Typoglycemia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typoglycemia
Eye Movement in Reading - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_movement_in_reading
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat - Oliver Sacks (1985) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Mistook_His_Wife_for_a_Hat
Visual Agnosia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_agnosia
Selective Attention and the Invisible Gorilla - http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/videos.html
Sensory Illusions in Aviation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_illusions_in_aviation
Brain Adjusts to Seeing Upside-down - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/nov/12/improbable-research-seeing-upside-down
Steps on the Path to Enlightenment - http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/steps-path-enlightenment-vol-1

Sean - Are we living inside a simulation?

Scientific American - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-living-in-a-computer-simulation/
Solipsism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism
Psychotic Break - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychotic_break
Qualia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia
Give Yourself Goosebumps - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_Yourself_Goosebumps
Clue (1985 film) - Multiple Endings - http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Clue-Ending-Explained-Why-There-3-Endings-What-Happens-Each-69996.html
Nihilism in Rick and Morty - http://splitsider.com/2016/12/the-uplifting-nihilism-of-rick-morty/
Magic Eye (Stereograms) -