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Sunday, 11 March 2012
Monday, 25 July 2011
Pareidolia
We humans are pattern recognising creatures. Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon where the watcher or listener perceives an image or sound to be significant.
In this video that I took while on holiday in Jamaica this year, it looks like a demon appears in the window glass. In reality it is no more than a weird looking random stain left by condensation. The 'demon' first seems to appear because the light refracting through the glass renders it invisible until I walk around to capture it at the right angle with my handy HD camera.
The Skeptick's Dictionary has more information on pareidolia
For more Dysology you might like to visit my website: Dysology.org
In this video that I took while on holiday in Jamaica this year, it looks like a demon appears in the window glass. In reality it is no more than a weird looking random stain left by condensation. The 'demon' first seems to appear because the light refracting through the glass renders it invisible until I walk around to capture it at the right angle with my handy HD camera.
The Skeptick's Dictionary has more information on pareidolia
For more Dysology you might like to visit my website: Dysology.org
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