Brilio.net/en - Most of us are raised to see meaningful shapes in the clouds, and our young imagination gave us a hare, a horse or a man’s face. So it’s no wonder when we grow up and see electrical outlets look like little surprised faces, or a pair of eyes in our wooden cupboard.
It’s easy to relate those shapes and faces in inanimate objects with ghosts or paranormal things. But there are actually a scientific reason to explain why we think we see those human-like figures. It’s due to pareidolia, a psychological phenomenon wherein the human mind perceives a familiar pattern of something where none actually exists.
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Most people have hardly ever heard about pareidolia, but nearly everyone has experienced it. It’s a game of perception where our brain takes a shortcut to perceive certain patterns as a face.
Besides the clouds, here are some images that will trip out your mind!
1. Is it a mop or a blue-faced baboon?
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2. It’s easy to imagine those words being blunt out of a lighthouse’s “lips”
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3. Is it just me or does the building really have a Hitler face?
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4. “The Face on Mars” photo from 1976, and a more recent close-up
Image by NASA
5. Your car freaks out when you exceed the speed limit
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6. Seems like the washing machine is fed up already
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7. An old man’s face is perfectly carved on this cliff
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8. Confused victims of beer trafficking
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9. Grandma caterpillar putting on lipstick
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10. No wonder if sometimes you feel like being watched somehow
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