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      • Are the long lines tilted or parallel?
      • Are you observant?
      • Can temperature cause surprising sensations?
      • Can wire feel like velvet?
      • Can you make up a memory?
      • Can you pick up the robot?
      • Can you see infinity?
      • Can you toe the line?
      • Can you wipe away a friend's face?
      • Do any lines feel longer or shorter?
      • Do you feel a phantom hand?
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      • Do you see raised bumps or dents?
      • Do you see the same yellow?
      • Do your eyes make your body sway?
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      • Watch the spinning spiral and see things expand!
      • What do floaty arms feel like?
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      • What do you see through this 'scope?
      • Which face is normal?
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What do you see through this 'scope?
A row of discs.
Can temperature cause surprising sensations?
A gold coloured model robot within a red ring.
Can you pick up the robot?
 

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