Michael Bach, PhD, Scientist

Bach M & Atala-Gérard L (2020) The Rotating Snakes Illusion is a straightforward consequence of non-linearity in arrays of standard motion detectors. i-Perception [→PDF]
Seasonally appropriate illusion:
O’Shea RP, Temple ES, Misson GP, Wade NJ, Bach M (2020) Historical context, scientific context, and translation of Haidinger’s (1844) discovery of naked-eye visibility of the polarization of light. arXiv
Contrast in the new FrACT₁₀
Latest addition to phenomena collection: Shape from Shading
Bach M, Heinrich SP (2019) Acuity VEP: Improved with machine learning. Doc Ophthalmol, →read

Publications

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence / Nicht der Bosheit zuschreiben, was schon durch Inkompetenz erklärt wird – Robert Hanlon’s Razor 1980 (or Heinlein?)
Less is more / Weniger ist mehr – adopted by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1947 (1886–1969), earliest source probably Robert Browning in his poem ‘Andrea del Sarto’ (1855; it appears there on the 78th of 269 lines…)
The sum of all vices stays constant / Die Summe aller Laster bleibt gleich – personal observation
Months in the laboratory can frequently save hours in the library – Frank H Westheimer