Can you count the bars in this image? This optical illusion will drive you crazy

THIS optical illusion will send you straight to the bar.

The image looks like a simple set of bars, laid next to each other, but can you count them?

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If you count from the ends on the left you will get to eight.

But count from the other ends of the bars and the total seems to be seven.

The amazing illusion has had internet users scratching their heads.

We confess we’re pretty baffled too.

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It’s the latest in a long line of mind-boggling puzzles posted online by brainteasing boffins.

Last month, social media users were flummoxed by a stack of cylinders that looked like squares when reflected in a mirror.