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Why it’s incredibly difficult to draw a perfect circle

harringtonbecca / November 30, 2015

circle fail

Let’s face it: drawing circles is hard.

Our minds are programmed to love the symmetry of the shape, but our hands just can’t make it perfect.

We’re so inadequate at drawing circles, scientists have even studied it.

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November 30, 2015 in Clips, Tech Insider.

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