Experiment on Perception

This is an interesting article (even discusses Carl Sagan and the perception of our Earth compared to the entire universe). I've included the experiment with children. I've also included another picture of one piece of my universe.

Gather a group of ten children in a circle. Ask them to put their feet in the center of the circle. Ask one of the children to count the feet. One, two, three, four... nineteen, twenty. No problem.

OK. Ask the same child to count the heads. One, two, three, four... nine.

Huh? To you, it seems there are ten children, therefore ten heads. But the child did what you asked. Be careful not to say that nine is the wrong answer. Why? Because it's the right answer! This story comes from "On Having No Head" by Douglas Harding. It's a study in the scientific method, as applied to human perception.