Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Pareidolia
I learned a new word when skimming through the optical illusions mentioned in my last post. Pareidolia is the phenomenon of seeing (or hearing) meaningful patterns where none really exist. Examples of Pareidolia include images of animals or faces in clouds, seeing the man in the moon, and hearing messages on records played in reverse. Our brains always seems to be working hard to make sense of what we see and hear... Even to the point of just making stuff up. 
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