Pareidolia

[blunthead]

Pareidolia (/pærɨˈdoʊliə/ parr-i-doh-lee-ə) is a psychological phenomenon involving a stimulus (an image or a sound) wherein the mind perceives a familiar pattern where none actually exists.

Common examples are perceived images of animals, faces, or objects in cloud formations, the "man in the moon", the "moon rabbit", and hidden messages within recorded music played in reverse or at higher- or lower-than-normal speeds.

Pareidolia is the visual or auditory form of apophenia, which is the perception of patterns within random data. Combined with apophenia and hierophany (manifestation of the sacred), pareidolia may have helped ancient societies organize chaos and make the world intelligible.

This thread is for examples of pareidolia...

 

[blunthead]

A satellite photo of a mesa in Cydonia, often called the Face on Mars. Later imagery from other angles did not show the illusion.

 

[skimom2]

There is a really interesting section on this on the show Brain Games (Netflix).

 

[blunthead]

Invisible Bust of Voltaire, 1941

 

[GNTLGNT]

 

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[staropeace]

This also explains a lot of the woo woo stuff.

 

[Walter Oobleck]

so it can involve words, too, hey? Conspiracy Theory...one among many movies listed at the link above, apophenia...or, my neighbor, concerned about my liver, curtain parted, fingers showing, darkness otherwise while the snow falls and my breath huffs. word examples are more difficult to come by? describe? show? curious thing. catch a wave and you're sitting on top of the world.

 

[CrimsonKingAH]

 

[Walter Oobleck]

woo woo!

 

[blunthead]

Spoiler

The Hallucinogenic Toreador by Salvador Dali

 

[blunthead]

Spoiler

Metamorphosis of Narcissus by Salvadore Dali

 

[PatInTheHat]

I dig this, I see stuff all the time, I think maybe I look for it, a lot actually
But now the big question is, so like, who's got the stash of vintage orange window pane man?

 

[blunthead]

I dig this, I see stuff all the time, I think maybe I look for it, a lot actually
But now the big question is, so like, who's got the stash of vintage orange window pane man?

"I don't take drugs. I am drugs." - Salvador Dali

 

[do1you9love?]

I see this stuff all the time.

 

[blunthead]

Swans Reflecting Elephants (1937) - Salvador Dalí.

 

[PatInTheHat]

"I don't take drugs. I am drugs." - Salvador Dali

Yeah in my head, Dali was the visual Zappa

 

[blunthead]

Yeah in my head, Dali was the visual Zappa

I listened to some Zappa but not as much as I should. I had the Uncle Meat album and am somewhat familiar with We're Only in it For the Money. Saw him and Mountain in Atlanta once.

 

[Blake]