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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 24669683, member: 15199"]"Seeing familiar objects or patterns in otherwise random or unrelated objects or patterns is called pareidolia. It's a form of apophenia, which is a more general term for the human tendency to seek patterns in random information. Everyone experiences it from time to time." Google</p><p> Other studies find more people in art studies and value driven incentives can more readily see a pattern than those not "preloaded" mentally ( told what to look for), others say it can cause bad dreams. However, most psychologists say it is a common beneficial activity for most people. Child psychologists fear that young children can have difficulty due to parents or other children telling them about "Boogyman" " devil", etc. before they can actual understand such. </p><p> I suspect if the coins mentioned were actually shown to people not aware of the damage or coaxed about them would notice it. But that is just my opinion, good or bad.</p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 24669683, member: 15199"]"Seeing familiar objects or patterns in otherwise random or unrelated objects or patterns is called pareidolia. It's a form of apophenia, which is a more general term for the human tendency to seek patterns in random information. Everyone experiences it from time to time." Google Other studies find more people in art studies and value driven incentives can more readily see a pattern than those not "preloaded" mentally ( told what to look for), others say it can cause bad dreams. However, most psychologists say it is a common beneficial activity for most people. Child psychologists fear that young children can have difficulty due to parents or other children telling them about "Boogyman" " devil", etc. before they can actual understand such. I suspect if the coins mentioned were actually shown to people not aware of the damage or coaxed about them would notice it. But that is just my opinion, good or bad. Jim[/QUOTE]
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