Pareidolia: The Search For Order In Chaos


	Pareidolia: The Search For Order In Chaos

mcsmithblack

9-25-2009 1:50 PM

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This article is a commentary on a universal human tendency. Love the video...

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3fb0f6af-ba83-489d-ab94-1d4f33ad3023/7DFA2096-4A61-4F3A-9C7A-3C7FC1D5B5FC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://imaginingthetenthdimension.blogspot.com/2008/12/auras-ghosts-and-pareidolia.html" href="http://imaginingthetenthdimension.blogspot.com/2008/12/auras-ghosts-and-pareidolia.html" style="font-size: 11px;">imaginingthetenthdimension.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://imaginingthetenthdimension.blogspot.com/2008/12/auras-ghosts-and-pareidolia.html"><H1 class="title">
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</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://imaginingthetenthdimension.blogspot.com/2008/12/auras-ghosts-and-pareidolia.html"><BLOCKQUOTE><B>pareidolia</B> describes a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the <A class="mw-redirect" title="Man in the moon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_moon">man in the moon</A>, and hearing <A title="Hidden message" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_message">hidden messages</A> on records played in reverse.</BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://imaginingthetenthdimension.blogspot.com/2008/12/auras-ghosts-and-pareidolia.html"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/1878026/pareidolia.swf" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://imaginingthetenthdimension.blogspot.com/2008/12/auras-ghosts-and-pareidolia.html"><DIV>A direct link to this video is at <A href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1878026/pareidolia/">http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1878026/pareidolia/</A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://imaginingthetenthdimension.blogspot.com/2008/12/auras-ghosts-and-pareidolia.html"><DIV>My friend Bob introduced me to this word when he sent me this link - <A href="http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4105">http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4105</A>, which talks more about the backwards recordings effect, where people can be convinced they are hearing messages that aren't really there. And over at <A href="http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/Pickover/pc/realitycarnival.html">Clifford Pickover's Reality Carnival</A>, a quick search for "pareidolia" on that page reveals a number of tasty discussions.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://imaginingthetenthdimension.blogspot.com/2008/12/auras-ghosts-and-pareidolia.html"><DIV>What's wrong with embracing a bit of the mystery? It makes all of us richer to expand our minds beyond the hard physical world that's in front of our noses and think about what it might be that lies beyond.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7DFA2096-4A61-4F3A-9C7A-3C7FC1D5B5FC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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