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<p>[QUOTE="H8_modern, post: 2470170, member: 28531"]The human brain is designed to find patterns whether or not they actually exist. This is called pareidolia.</p><p><br /></p><p>From Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pareidolia</b> (<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" rel="nofollow">/pærᵻˈdoʊliə/</a> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_key" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_key" rel="nofollow"><i>parr-i-<b>doh</b>-lee-ə</i></a>) is a psychological phenomenon involving a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulation" rel="nofollow">stimulus</a>(an image or a sound) wherein the mind perceives a familiar pattern of something where none actually exists.</p><p><br /></p><p>Common examples are perceived images of animals, faces, or objects in cloud formations, the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_moon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_moon" rel="nofollow">man in the moon</a>, the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit" rel="nofollow">moon rabbit</a>, and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_message" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_message" rel="nofollow">hidden messages</a> within recorded music played in reverse or at higher- or lower-than-normal speeds.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="H8_modern, post: 2470170, member: 28531"]The human brain is designed to find patterns whether or not they actually exist. This is called pareidolia. From Wikipedia: [B]Pareidolia[/B] ([URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English']/pærᵻˈdoʊliə/[/URL] [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_key'][I]parr-i-[B]doh[/B]-lee-ə[/I][/URL]) is a psychological phenomenon involving a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulation']stimulus[/URL](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 [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_moon']man in the moon[/URL], the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit']moon rabbit[/URL], and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_message']hidden messages[/URL] within recorded music played in reverse or at higher- or lower-than-normal speeds.[/QUOTE]
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