How can this be true?

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Mindfuck.

 

[Brok]

It's bent.

 

[pastafarian]

47 is the answer

 

[fataddick]

Er, is this a serious question? The space lime and orange operate in is 15 squares (3x5) in the top one and 16 squares (2x8) in the bottom one, hence the extra square. Whatever the f*** the triangles are doing is neither here there. 16 is one more than 15, that's all that matters.

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

It's bent.

You are.

 

[Brok]

You are.

Good, clever, well thought out response.
The wedge is bent, the top one bends up, the bottom one goes down.

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Good, clever, well thought out response.
The wedge is bent, the top one bends up, the bottom one goes down.

Thanks, I thought that up all by my self!

 

[Brok]

Well done rad.

 

[Mr deez]

I've seen this loads of times and I still don't get it.

 

[Brok]

I've seen this loads of times and I still don't get it.

See post #3

 

[fire&skill]

Surely it's to do with the nature of being a triangle; the further you go toward the larger portion of the triangle (the base), then any object you put into it will have more space around it?

 

[The Optimist]

If you can't see it put a ruler from the bottom left to the top right.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Post 3 explains where the extra square comes from. The purpose of the smaller triangles is to create the optical illusion that the complete triangles are the same size. They're not, like Brok says, the wedge is bent.

Not entirely correct. They are not triangles at all. They are quadrilaterals. The point where the two triangles within the shape meet ,what appears as a straight line, deviates slightly. The thickness of the "pen" line hides the deviation.