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minus-squareRockyrikoko@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoPareidolia: the tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in reversed music.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoWeren’t they actually flaws in the telescope lens?
minus-squareIndefiniteBen@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoWhoops, missed this comment when I made mine… Here’s the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
Pareidolia
Pareidolia: the tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in reversed music.
Weren’t they actually flaws in the telescope lens?
Whoops, missed this comment when I made mine… Here’s the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia