Thursday, November 20, 2008

Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus being perceived as significant, or, put simply, things that look like other things. What is it that makes us see "Jesus" in this photo rather than a Victorian kid sitting in his dad’s lap? Probably because have more neurons dedicated to promptly identifying faces than the ones that recognize Victorian kids sitting on their dad’s lap. More musing on what may be the best pareidolia case.

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