Lecture on 25/09/09

Yesterdays lecture was really interesting, especially the part with eating Starburst. As soon as the lecture was over a few of us from graphics tried it out and it worked, what was really strange is that when I ate one I could of sworn that i was eating strawberry which are the worst flavour and turns out it was green which is the flavour I like the most. So looking at the colour of something really does make us believe in anything in the context such as red for strawberry flavoured sweets. It is what we subconsciously make ourselves think, it made me think after doing this experiment that we ourselves are deceiving ourselves, our eyes and minds are tricking us. We are easily influenced. This also goes with the idea of communication and the Chinese whispers game that when we loose part of the original message and we hear what is later passed on we think about what it is and connect it with what the word or phrase would remind us of and think of that instead, regarding if it is actually the correct phrase or not. Hope the way I have explained this makes sense as I understand it but others may not.