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The tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern is called pareidolia. Simply put, it's the human ability to see shapes or create pictures out of randomness. (Think of the Rorschach inkblot test). And we're better at it than you might think. Just take a look at the Twitter account 'Random Paréidolia.' It has plenty of proof! Like a church that resembles a duck. Or a stand mixer with an overwhelmed "face," looking at all the work that needs to be done. Continue scrolling to check out our favorite tweets from this fun account.
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Hilary Mol 2 years ago
The only time an entire choir has been watching the director at the same time.
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Kimberly Alison 2 years ago
There are a lot of amazing orchids that look like things. Google it.
LizzieBoredom 2 years ago
Most of my amazing orchids resemble dead things.
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The term itself is derived from the Greek words para, meaning something faulty, wrong, instead of, and the noun eidōlon, meaning image, form, or shape. Pareidolia is a type of apophenia, which is a more generalized term for seeing patterns in random data.
Pareidolia often has religious overtones. A prime example of their connection is the Shroud of Turin, a cloth bearing the image of a man — which some claim to be Jesus — who appears to have suffered trauma consistent with crucifixion.
The negative image was first observed in 1898, on the reverse photographic plate of amateur photographer Secondo Pia, who was allowed to photograph it while it was being exhibited in the Turin Cathedral.
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Lisa Hathaway 2 years ago
He lost that gig, now he hangs out on LaBrea and sells maps to celebrity's homes.
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Earl Grey 2 years ago
The “delicates” cycle did not sit well with that machine.
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Olive Harper 2 years ago
I've seen this building! Me and my siblings always said it looked like a chicken.
Some visitors to St. Mary's in Rathkaele, Ireland, say a tree stump outside of the church bears a silhouette of the Virgin Mary.
On the other side of the world, damage to the Pedra da Gávea, an enormous rock outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created an impression that many interpret as a human face.
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Sandra Gleeson 2 years ago
All onions are inherently evil, little bas tids, always making me cry
Mary Peace 2 years ago
You'll be fine if you leave the onion like this, just don't chop it up!
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Patricia Stilwell 2 years ago
Donatello was the turtle and the artist. Donna tells was a Versace.
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In 1977, the appearance of Jesus Christ on a flour tortilla set the international standard for miracle sightings. It happened in the small town of Lake Arthur, New Mexico, 40 minutes south of Roswell.
Diane Duyser of Miami sold a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich, which she said bore the image of Jesus, for $28,000 on eBay in 2004 (which equates to about $45,000 in today's money).
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Paul Nieder 2 years ago
That reminds me of some of the ruins in Assassins Creed Valhalla. Those familiar with the game will get it.
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max woo 2 years ago
you won't believe what they mixed in there... I can see the horrible liquid trauma right now
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There are a number of theories as to the cause of pareidolia. Some experts say it provides a psychological determination for many delusions that involve the senses. They believe pareidolia could be behind numerous sightings of UFOs, Elvis, and the Loch Ness Monster and the hearing of disturbing messages on records when they are played backward.
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Earl Grey 2 years ago
He missed the audition because he had to work that day. The rest is cinematic history.
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Dancing Armadillo 2 years ago
It’s the Sorting Hat’s Evil Cousin! It sorts you into meaningless muggle jobs..
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David 2 years ago
This is a sculpture. I image searched trying to figure out what a machine like that might be used for. Found it at link below. 10 sculptures made of typewriters. Worth a look. The others are better IMO and make from parts but made to look like other things. https://www.oddee.com/item_96673.aspx
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P.C. 2 years ago
I wondered and wondered what on earth you meant, and then finally I looked at the building and… I see it now. I can’t unsee it :,)
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Jan Velart 2 years ago
You make one step closer and I put the bullet through my attic, I swear!
Carl Sagan, the American cosmologist and author, made the case that pareidolia was a survival tool. In his 1995 book, The Demon-Haunted World – Science as a Candle in the Dark, he argued that this ability to recognize faces from a distance or in poor visibility was an important survival technique. While this instinct enables humans to instantly judge whether an oncoming person is a friend or foe, Sagan noted that it could result in some misinterpretation of random images or patterns of light and shade as being faces.
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Jeff Mcelfresh 2 years ago
Just chop off your entire lower leg and sell it on ebay lol
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Snake Queen 2 years ago
ON MY GOSH I WASN’T THE ONLY ONE THINKING IT LOOKED LIKE GUDETAMA!!!
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Matthews 2 years ago
What is the original sign supposed to mean? I’ve never seen something like it in my country.
Sea Squirrel 2 years ago
The eyes are graffiti on a sign that says: the priority road bends to the right.
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But we humans have been aware of this phenomenon for a long time. Even Leonardo da Vinci wrote about pareidolia as an artistic device. "If you look at any walls spotted with various stains or with a mixture of different kinds of stones, if you are about to invent some scene you will be able to see in it a resemblance to various different landscapes adorned with mountains, rivers, rocks, trees, plains, wide valleys, and various groups of hills," he explained in a passage in one of his extensive notebooks.
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David 2 years ago
Don't be rude! His name is Frank and he got that big F at the import store. It's one of those tacky home decorations people get when they think they are being 'artsy'. Frank's kind of a rock so we don't judge him too harshly for working with what he's got. /s
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Ambry Petersen 2 years ago
Watching people brush thier teeth and spit in the sink has left it disqusted.
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Gmaddles 2 years ago
If you turn it upside down it could be boobs... sorry for crassness; I just dropped my phone and saw it that way
Jessica Shookhoff 2 years ago
I saw it that way without dropping anything, lol
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Earl Grey 2 years ago (edited)
This immediately reminded me of a very disturbing 1945 painting by surrealist René Magritte titled “The Rape,” which I dare not post. You will have to Google it. It is part of the Tate collection now, I believe.
Rebecca O’Donnell 2 years ago
Earl, I did Google said picture. You’re right. Picture is very disturbing as is the reason behind it.
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Hilary Mol 2 years ago
Get this table some corrective lenses! Poor guy's lazy eye has just migrated over to the other side of his cabinet.
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LinkTheHylian 2 years ago
"He thought I was a chocolate mousse but I'm actually paint. Muahahahahaha..."
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Pineapple (he/him) 2 years ago
POTATO YOUR FRICKIN BACK I NEVER MET YOU BUT YOU SEEM AWESOME
Load More Replies... Jeff Mcelfresh 2 years ago
Not related to the article, but is that Gnathaniel guy a new troll that's trying to make Nathaniel look bad or something?? What the heck??
crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
He's another account of an old troll who's main thing is being transphobic and making really really bad puns that are supposed to be insults
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Irish woman abroad 2 years ago
This looks like it's all been stolen from the Stuff with Faces page on Facebook! Such laziness, BP contributors...
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
I don't do business with Zuckerberg, so this is the only way I'd see this stuff. I don't mind the reposts.
Load More Replies... Pineapple (he/him) 2 years ago
POTATO YOUR FRICKIN BACK I NEVER MET YOU BUT YOU SEEM AWESOME
Load More Replies... Jeff Mcelfresh 2 years ago
Not related to the article, but is that Gnathaniel guy a new troll that's trying to make Nathaniel look bad or something?? What the heck??
crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
He's another account of an old troll who's main thing is being transphobic and making really really bad puns that are supposed to be insults
Load More Replies... Irish woman abroad 2 years ago
This looks like it's all been stolen from the Stuff with Faces page on Facebook! Such laziness, BP contributors...
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
I don't do business with Zuckerberg, so this is the only way I'd see this stuff. I don't mind the reposts.
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