Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Pareidolia

A common bias I have seen often but for which I did not know there was a name. From Wikipedia, Pareidolia:
A psychological phenomenon involving a stimulus (an image or a sound) wherein the mind perceives a familiar pattern of something 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.

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