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by lbearl 3038 days ago
Isn't that basically what an optical illusion is?
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Yes, and also this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage

Hacks human brain rather efficiently.

> Dazzle was adopted by the Admiralty in the UK, and then by the United States Navy, with little evaluation. Each ship's dazzle pattern was unique to avoid making classes of ships instantly recognisable to the enemy. The result was that a profusion of dazzle schemes was tried, and the evidence for their success was at best mixed. So many factors were involved that it was impossible to determine which were important, and whether any of the colour schemes were effective.
It is true that battlefield efficiency of such camouflage is unknown - but I think one can see the effects it does on the brain without conducting a proper rigorous study. The question here is not whether the effect exists - which is IMO obvious - but whether it's enough to make difference in actual combat.
Plus cognitive biases. Those are already well understood and used in a variety of ways.