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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 4247736, member: 6763&quot;]<font size="6"><b>Pareidolia</b></font></p><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia#mw-head" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia#mw-head" rel="nofollow">Jump to navigation</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia#p-search" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia#p-search" rel="nofollow">Jump to search</a></p><p>Perception of meaningful patterns or images in random or vague stimuli</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Martian_face_viking_cropped.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Martian_face_viking_cropped.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Martian_face_viking_cropped.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Satellite photograph of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa" rel="nofollow">mesa</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydonia_(region_of_Mars)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydonia_(region_of_Mars)" rel="nofollow">Cydonia region of Mars</a>, often called the &quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydonia_(region_of_Mars)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydonia_(region_of_Mars)" rel="nofollow">Face on Mars</a>&quot; and cited as evidence of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_life" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_life" rel="nofollow">extraterrestrial</a> habitation.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Viking_moc_face_20m.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Viking_moc_face_20m.gif" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Viking_moc_face_20m.gif/220px-Viking_moc_face_20m.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>A more detailed photograph taken in different lighting in 2001 shows how it is a natural rock formation.</p><p><b>Pareidolia</b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" rel="nofollow">/pærɪˈdoʊliə/</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" rel="nofollow"><i>parr-i-DOH-lee-ə</i></a>) is the tendency for incorrect perception of a stimulus as an object, pattern or meaning known to the observer, such as seeing shapes in clouds, seeing faces in inanimate objects or abstract patterns, or hearing hidden messages in music. Pareidolia can be considered a subcategory of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia" rel="nofollow">apophenia</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Common examples are perceived images of animals, faces, or objects in cloud formations, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Moon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Moon" rel="nofollow">Man in the Moon</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit" rel="nofollow">Moon rabbit</a>, and other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_pareidolia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_pareidolia" rel="nofollow">lunar pareidolia</a>. The concept of pareidolia may extend to include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_message" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_message" rel="nofollow">hidden messages</a> in recorded music played in reverse or at higher- or lower-than-normal speeds, and hearing indistinct voices in random noise such as that produced by air conditioners or fans.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Pareidolia was at one time considered a symptom of human psychosis, but it is now seen as a normal human tendency.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia#cite_note-theatlantic.com-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia#cite_note-theatlantic.com-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Pareidolia is not confined to humans. Scientists have for years taught computers to use visual clues to &quot;see&quot; faces and other images.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia#cite_note-theatlantic.com-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia#cite_note-theatlantic.com-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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