Today we introduce a  highly evolved version of brain teasers.

How quickly can you provide the correct answer to these 3 questions?

- 1) What is going on in these 2 pictures below?

- 2) what may explain it?

- 3) Is there some element out of place?

Ready. Set. Go!
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38 Responses to “Games for the Brain”
  1. larry vincenton 13 Sep 2008 at 10:56

    there is just a mirror in front of people which makes a picture of a full train.

  2. Jeanon 14 Sep 2008 at 4:43

    Socks! The people are only wearing socks on their feet in one picture and they're wearing shoes over their sicks in the other picture.

    It took about 3 seconds.

  3. Jeanon 14 Sep 2008 at 4:45

    The people are wearing shoes in one picture and no shoes in the other.

    It took about three seconds to see it.

  4. Ed Spradleyon 14 Sep 2008 at 7:36

    The people appear mirrored from one side to the other, but the train is not (the posters give it away). Then with closer inspection you see the people are just slightly different from one side to the other. Either the photo was taken twice and photoshopped together with the people switching sides, or this is one photo with a bunch of twins. Saw it in probably about 6 seconds. There is also a woman who is only on one side of the train in both photos. Didn't see that until I looked at the photo again for a while.

  5. Tevinon 14 Sep 2008 at 9:03

    in 1st picture there wearing shoes in the other picture there not wearing shoes

  6. sandyon 14 Sep 2008 at 11:25

    They're sets of twins on their way to participate in scientific testing...

  7. Georgeon 14 Sep 2008 at 1:22

    Improv Everywhere!

    These are pairs of twins who participated in an event through Improv Everywhere.

  8. Wendyon 14 Sep 2008 at 1:35

    at first it looks like a mirror image but it must be a train of twins because the train interior is not mirrored and there are some slight variances between the like people...and there is at least one extra person without a twin. They could be going to a twin convention. about 12 seconds

  9. Juanitaon 14 Sep 2008 at 6:43

    It looks like a train of identical twins. In one photo
    one set is standing and in second photo they're sitting. This was just a quick look. I also noticed socks in second photo.

  10. Juanitaon 14 Sep 2008 at 6:48

    On second look there are a great deal of differences.
    Newspapers,yellow bags, white tipped toes, ajusting of what appears to be ear phones,etc.

  11. aisdeon 14 Sep 2008 at 7:05

    looks like mirror image of train car passengers, but car is elongated and ovoid; woman in coat standing near rear not in identical position, car is longer than it should be. that's what i saw in about 30 secs.

  12. Von 14 Sep 2008 at 8:32

    they people are mirrored but the walls of the train are different 11:32 PM 9/14

  13. Alvaro Fernandezon 15 Sep 2008 at 11:00

    Ed Spradley and George nailed it!

    1) Several couples of twins are facing each other in a real train.

    2) As part of a prank organized by Improv Everywhere. The effect is called a "human mirror".

    3) There is only one person out of place, wearing a beret, reading a book, who was not part of the prank.

  14. Joeon 16 Sep 2008 at 12:06

    I've seen this on a video before. Lots of identical twins gathered to make that joke in wich they would act as if in fron of a mirror.

  15. Jeff Thompsonon 16 Sep 2008 at 9:20

    It took me about 20 seconds to satisfy myself that a large mirror was not involved. I had thought of the twins angle but dismissed it as too complicated. I thought it was two pictures 'photoshopped' together.

  16. jeanneon 16 Sep 2008 at 9:23

    rearview mirror view from busdriver's perspective

  17. Peteon 16 Sep 2008 at 3:45

    It is clearly sets of twins, trying to look like a mirrored image

  18. Howard Cowanon 16 Sep 2008 at 9:06

    A mirror has been placed aligned with the "z" axis of the photo (parallel to the length of the subway car or bus). This duplicates either the left or fight side of the photo onto the opposite side.

  19. R Howeon 17 Sep 2008 at 8:13

    photos are mirrored; each left/right, and top/bottom between the two. Standing female is seated in 2nd photo, and standing male inserted instead. approx 15 seconds

  20. Richardon 17 Sep 2008 at 8:56

    These are photos taken from opposites sides of a train cabin. The lady sitting in the lower photo is standing in the upper photo. And the photo is not a mirror effect they are all twins insisde this train

  21. Rayon 18 Sep 2008 at 5:44

    the man reading the newspaper and the women with the white top and handbag have pinched the seat the cameraperson was aiming for. As well as evryone shuffling to the other side and some being mixed up as to placement. About 30 secs. Slow typing.

  22. NFon 19 Sep 2008 at 5:49

    I agree with Ed Spradley and if you take a reeeally good look you will notice a lot more differences.
    At first glance though the trick does work!

  23. muhamamd awaison 19 Sep 2008 at 8:39

    these are mirror images of train from two different ends.

  24. chukwutemon 19 Sep 2008 at 9:09

    It is a good teaser and i enjoyed it very much though i was not able to participate. Keep up the good work

  25. Bobby Shaftoon 19 Sep 2008 at 7:38

    I couldn't see where to leave a reply, without reading previous answers. This should not be imediately under the question? Anyway, I thought that there was a mirror down the center of the carriage.

  26. Tomon 22 Sep 2008 at 2:26

    There are many things going on in these pictures. They are NOT mirror images because some of the individuals are in slightly different posistions in both pictures (even if on opposite sides). Notice the lady's hands are different on the white bag in the bottom picture and also the lady with the blue hair ribbon on the top pic, her chin is raised on one side and level on the other. Also, the backgrounds are different in both. It's very possbile they simply had these people switch sides and snapped separate pictures with most in as exact positions as possible.

  27. Liluon 23 Sep 2008 at 10:31

    The thing going on in this pictures is simple, they are not mirror reflection because the people alike are is a minimal diferent position. Is not the same subeat because the posters and the light is diferent and there is a person missing in both pictures (the lady reading the book) her -pair- is not in front of her. Cool experiment

  28. DigiTimon 24 Sep 2008 at 6:18

    That's cool! I thought mirror at first too. But I didn't time how long it took for me to catch the differences.

  29. Ryan Clementson 28 Sep 2008 at 8:18

    I kinda cheated, I already had seen the video on Improv Everywhere.

  30. Linda Sherlockon 30 Sep 2008 at 12:52

    Taken from opposites ends of the train car after a stop .. also a couple of shots each time which show slight differences in position ...

  31. Lucieon 23 Oct 2008 at 2:56

    To achieve this effect in both pictures, 4 different pictures have been taken, at two different stops; 1 picture taken from each end of the train at each stop.

    LEFT HALF of top picture was taken at the 1ST STOP by the guy in the black coat (that you can see in the bottom pic).

    RIGHT HALF of top picture was taken by that same guy, but at the 2ND STOP *which explain why the reading lady doesn't have her "reflection" as the others (she left the train before the pic was taken).

    LEFT HALF of bottom picture was taken at the FIRST STOP by the girl standing with the white trench coat seen on top picture.

    RIGHT HALF of bottom picture was taken, once again by that same girl, but at the 2ND STOP, where once again, the reading lady is missing.

  32. MUSTAPHAon 03 Nov 2008 at 3:29

    I observed that the two pictures are not the same, also the pictures onthe opposite side have some significant differencec that can only be noticed with very close observation.
    8 seconds of close look.

  33. tejasvinion 07 Nov 2008 at 12:36

    there is a mirror....one side is true and the other just a mirror side

  34. Princeon 07 Nov 2008 at 10:30

    Hahaha..There are same people who sitting beside them..It's kinda nice trick..and some one placing a camera on the vertical side of that train so that we can see the image of the person in vertical side..so it's a trick..lol....All are people who sitting beside them.. lol

  35. Princeon 07 Nov 2008 at 10:31

    Also the girl in first picture ..her head was straight but other side her head was down..haha..It's trick..Nice man.. ;)

  36. beckyon 14 Nov 2008 at 7:02

    they're sets of identical twins sat opposite each other as a mirror image, but their hair is different and their faces are slightyl different.

  37. Deana Thomason 17 Nov 2008 at 2:00

    They are sets of identical twins....I saw this experiment done to see how the public would re-act. I'm sure they sconfused alot of subway riders!

  38. Michelleon 18 Nov 2008 at 11:24

    there mirrors one mirror is concave which is shrinking the image and one is convex which is stretching it

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