WEIRD Minds: Understanding How Culture Shapes Our Thinking, Feeling and Reasoning

Harvard FAS

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a33224851/how-many-circles-viral-coffer-illusion/Do you see squares or circles in the image above? People from societies that are Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic (WEIRD) often see only squares, while those from other societies see only circles. If you squint, you might glimpse the circles between the squares. People from different places literally see the world differently. This, the Coffer illusion, represents the tip of an…