Decoder Ring: The Truth About #TheDress

On today’s episode, we’re excited to share an episode from Slate’s
Decoder Ring podcast that we think you’re going to love. In the
history of viral images, #TheDress has got to be in the top 10.
This unassuming photo of a party dress kicked off a global debate
when people realized they were seeing it completely differently. Is
it black and blue, or white and gold? In today’s episode, we’ll
talk to someone who was there when the photo was first taken, and
the BuzzFeed writer whose post briefly broke the internet. Then we
go down the optical rabbit hole with a neuroscientist who’s been
studying the The Dress for years. What does it reveal about the
nature of truth? This podcast was written by Willa Paskin, who
produces Decoder Ring with Katie Shepherd. This episode was edited
by Andrew Adam Newman. Derek John is Slate’s senior
supervising producer of narrative podcasts. Merritt Jacob is senior
technical director. We’ll hear from Paul Jinks, Cates
Holderness, Pascal Wallisch, and David
McRaney author of the book How Minds Change. Here’s
the optical illusion of the strawberries mentioned in the
episode and created by Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka. Subscribe
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