The line’s two halves, each side of the dot: exactly the same length.
Bigger or smaller?
Judd illusion
Is the dot in the middle of the line?
Yes: exactly in the middle, though it looks closer to the arrowhead.
Why? A cousin of the Müller-Lyer illusion: the arrowhead makes its half look shorter and the fork makes its half look longer.
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