And I guess nature thinks that's a huge joke.......
Believe it or not, I got these from google images. I didn't create them. There are actual articles that go with them. Are they real? Or some clever artist playing with us?
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@kayoshin yikes. I just looked up that word. I guess I'm neurotic. I see faces everywhere. Especially in tiles on floors and walls. Some in clouds. I think most people must be neurotic, if that's true, because most people I've met can see faces in stains on sidewalks, in the clouds, tiles and leather, and even in a leopards spots. I think it's quite normal, and wonder what's wrong with people who can't. I figure they are severely lacking in imagination.
Neurotic and pareidolia are not the same thing, we are all wired to recognise faces it's what makes us social animals, we are just slightly too good at it :))
@kayoshin Oh, I just believed what I read when I looked it up. I'd never heard the word before.
Researchers at the NTT Communication Science Laboratories in Tokyo, Japan, conducted a study that revealed pareidolia, or the phenomenon of seeing faces in inanimate shapes and objects, is a feature found in neurotic people.Jul 20, 2015
It's a feature in all people. Might be exaggerated in neurotic or paranoid people. Think about emojis for example, if pareidolia wasn't a common feature onlu neurotic people would see them as faces and the rest would not know what to make of them.
@kayoshin right. My mom used to get so frustrated when someone couldn't see the face in the jungle on her living room drapes. She got a permanent marker and drew it clearly, so everyone could see it. She was so funny. I miss her.
