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The Theoretical Invisible Human

Posted in Gadgets, Science by James on August 2nd, 2006

I’m sure almost every single person at one point or another has longed to become invisible. I will not get into the amount of mischief that one could partake in while invisible.

It does not take a sane person to realize that invisibility is impossible. It just can’t happen. Right? Wrong.

Typically we think that to obtain invisibility we must alter our physical selves. Rather than alter our selves, what if we were able to alter the perception of others? One would not have to become literally invisible but invisible to others. If we stop thinking of invisibility as a physical trait and start thinking of it as an optical illusion then the idea is easier to digest.

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