Why wheels appear to move backwards

I little bit of insight into why it appears that wheels move backwards at high speeds. This is also known as the wagon wheel effect and it is a product of the limitations of the human brain. We can only take snapshots of the world around us at a particular speed. Our brain tries to piece together these snapshots to make them make sense and that can lead to some odd illusions.

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[jonathandespeaux]

I am dead serious when I say this was the best, simplest, and most tangible explanation of this phenomenon that I have ever heard. Well done sir you explained this fantastically. Short and to the point

[LinusPlata]

You have that gift of clarity of explanation. Thank you!

[invisiblespirit]

My son and I have watched so many videos about this and this is by FAR the best explanation and easiest to comprehend.

[svenzerx]

DIDN'T KNOW DANIEL RICCIARDO TEACHES TECH

[twofourblock]

wow, you explain so well, using the simplest illustrations

[dasamounika]

You made this very simple to understand without any complex video demonstrations, thanks for the explanation buddy!!

[gypsy]

I am trying to innerstand this phenomena and I looked at several videos; they all made it even more complicated. Yours did the opposite: simple, concise. I know what happens now. Thank you for being a good teacher.

[cdai]

Looking thru your videos and I didn't expect to get a physics explanation lool

[terrenceandrew]

This is the best simple explanation you've given. May God bless you

[kabascoolr]

Holy sh**! I have a graduate degree in Engineering and specialized in Signal Processing (the field where this phenomenon and related concepts are studied) and this is to date the best explanation of frequency aliasing I have seen.

[sarthaknimbalkar]

Nyc 1
I was searching for it from long time

[Shadwz]

Awesome explanation, I’ve been watching a lot of f1 recently and was wondering what the effect was that would make the wheels suddenly seem to start spinning backwards! Thanks for explaining it so clearly 😊

[amritaghosh]

I always wondered why this happened in fidget spinners. Thank you Matty!

[ardsleyopd]

best explanation of the wagon wheel effect, i finally understand it. thanks for the explanation.😁

[slothbro]

great video. no idea why this only has 38k views

[ProfeARios]

Thank you so much for sharing! Regards from the Republic of Panama.

[samirahmed]

Bro that was the best explanation I have heard so far .

[tigersharma]

Beautiful explaintion ...❤️❤️ So lucid ..And perfect

[jamestshabalala]

This was the best bro, like you solved my problem.

[mostinho]

I’m a bit confused about the lightbulb. You showed an LED lightbulb but don’t these use DC? I thought only candescent lightbulbs do the AC flickering. Would appreciate if someone can clarify!