Comments on: Good example of pareidolia http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 01:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Karen M http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335361 Karen M Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335361 I had to close my eyes, open them again and re-focus to see the girl in the middle. That <em>does</em> look like Rasputin. I had to close my eyes, open them again and re-focus to see the girl in the middle.

That does look like Rasputin.

]]> By: Doug Nelson http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335895 Doug Nelson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335895 I wonder if a Hindu or Buddhist would still see Jesus? I wonder if a Hindu or Buddhist would still see Jesus?

]]> By: Aloisius http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335385 Aloisius Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335385 Why would Jesus be clean shaven? He was Jewish. There are parts of your beard you aren't supposed to shave, so a lot of Jews through the ages would grow large beards just in case. Why would Jesus be clean shaven? He was Jewish. There are parts of your beard you aren’t supposed to shave, so a lot of Jews through the ages would grow large beards just in case.

]]> By: Sethum http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335386 Sethum Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335386 I love these things! I found an anvil, a desk bell, a schooner, a boar, a stag beetle, and a polar bear cub. What else have you all found? I love these things!

I found an anvil, a desk bell, a schooner, a boar, a stag beetle, and a polar bear cub.

What else have you all found?

]]> By: ornith http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335647 ornith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335647 That's one hard kid to see. As for face recognition, it's so hardwired in that even newborns will stare longer at a pattern with a few lines arranged like eyes and mouth than at one with a random arrangement. Monkeys have been found to have neurons that specifically recognize the shapes of monkey heads in various orientations. (While I have no direct citations, these are both things tought to me in my college classes; I majored in Cognitive Science.) That’s one hard kid to see.

As for face recognition, it’s so hardwired in that even newborns will stare longer at a pattern with a few lines arranged like eyes and mouth than at one with a random arrangement. Monkeys have been found to have neurons that specifically recognize the shapes of monkey heads in various orientations. (While I have no direct citations, these are both things tought to me in my college classes; I majored in Cognitive Science.)

]]> By: john_zorn http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335649 john_zorn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335649 @23 [@ #22 Turkish, huh? Interesting... "So, Tommy, have you ever been to a Turkish bath house?"] "Captain Oveur: Joey, have you ever been to a Turkish prison?" Sorry, pedantic but true. If you're going to take the time, why not get it right? @23

[@ #22

Turkish, huh? Interesting... "So, Tommy, have you ever been to a Turkish bath house?"]

“Captain Oveur: Joey, have you ever been to a Turkish prison?”

Sorry, pedantic but true. If you’re going to take the time, why not get it right?

]]> By: Sethum http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335403 Sethum Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335403 Here's a cheat sheet for those who are having a hard time keeping up. http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/246/markedupsw2.jpg Here’s a cheat sheet for those who are having a hard time keeping up.

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/246/markedupsw2.jpg

]]> By: technogeek http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335412 technogeek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335412 Good illustration of positive vs. negative space... Good illustration of positive vs. negative space…

]]> By: beekone http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335178 beekone Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335178 Is it just me or are accounts like this portraying Jesus as shockingly caucasian? It looks like he used Treseme volumizing conditioner. Is it just me or are accounts like this portraying Jesus as shockingly caucasian? It looks like he used Treseme volumizing conditioner.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335195 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335195 http://www.aaamodesto.org/images/human-head-winged-lion.jpg http://www.aaamodesto.org/images/human-head-winged-lion.jpg

]]> By: The Unusual Suspect http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335198 The Unusual Suspect Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335198 Wow, it took at least five seconds of concentration before I could see the baby in that first photo. And that was wile knowing what to look for. As for the second one, perhaps a double exposure? Yet I can clearly see a flare of refracted light between the girl's head and the edge of the door, indicating that those two elements do belong in the same shot. What sayeth the Boingdom? Wow, it took at least five seconds of concentration before I could see the baby in that first photo. And that was wile knowing what to look for.

As for the second one, perhaps a double exposure? Yet I can clearly see a flare of refracted light between the girl’s head and the edge of the door, indicating that those two elements do belong in the same shot.

What sayeth the Boingdom?

]]> By: nyar http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335199 nyar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335199 God is in the proverbial "eye of the beholder". And it is not Treseme, Jesus go to a trendy NYC salon. Yes, I am going to hell for that one. w00t! God is in the proverbial “eye of the beholder”. And it is not Treseme, Jesus go to a trendy NYC salon.

Yes, I am going to hell for that one. w00t!

]]> By: Neon Tooth http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335202 Neon Tooth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335202 Funny I first saw the baby, then after reading saw "the hippie" and after that it was hard to see the baby again. Funny I first saw the baby, then after reading saw “the hippie” and after that it was hard to see the baby again.

]]> By: The Unusual Suspect http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335205 The Unusual Suspect Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335205 Also: http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/22/unintentional-faces-.html Also: http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/22/unintentional-faces-.html

]]> By: Paul Coleman http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335206 Paul Coleman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335206 At first I thought that print was on a Manila envelope...you know...the kind that a Macbook Air comes in...so maybe that's a bearded/permed Steve Jobs. I apologize for that train of thought. Derail. At first I thought that print was on a Manila envelope…you know…the kind that a Macbook Air comes in…so maybe that’s a bearded/permed Steve Jobs.

I apologize for that train of thought.

Derail.

]]> By: beekone http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335208 beekone Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335208 oooooohhhhh, it's a baby on his lap, that's crazy. I was like what baby are you guys talking about. Good stuff, good stuff. oooooohhhhh, it’s a baby on his lap, that’s crazy. I was like what baby are you guys talking about. Good stuff, good stuff.

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335211 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335211 It does look surprisingly like hippie-jesus. I'm still surprised at the number of christians who actually think that's what the guy looked like. At the very least he'd almost certainly have short hair, and probably be clean-shaven. It does look surprisingly like hippie-jesus. I’m still surprised at the number of christians who actually think that’s what the guy looked like. At the very least he’d almost certainly have short hair, and probably be clean-shaven.

]]> By: dbarak http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335215 dbarak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335215 Wow, I didn't even see the kid until I visited the other site. I think it's a fake - I spotted some areas that look like they were retouched, some repeating patterns in the plants, etc. Wow, I didn’t even see the kid until I visited the other site. I think it’s a fake – I spotted some areas that look like they were retouched, some repeating patterns in the plants, etc.

]]> By: anthony http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335477 anthony Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335477 That is one cool photo. That is one cool photo.

]]> By: beekone http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335226 beekone Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335226 "some repeating patterns in the plants, etc." ditto “some repeating patterns in the plants, etc.”

ditto

]]> By: serpent http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335748 serpent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335748 It's not Jesus, it's me. No really, I look like this. It’s not Jesus, it’s me. No really, I look like this.

]]> By: dbarak http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335237 dbarak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335237 "Amazing face, how fake thou art..." I did some lightening in Photoshop, and here are some details pointed out... Face: http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2367/jeebus3dz8.gif Kid: http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4868/jeebus1vc6.gif Retouching marks: http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4351/jeebus2eb2.gif “Amazing face, how fake thou art…”

I did some lightening in Photoshop, and here are some details pointed out…

Face:
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2367/jeebus3dz8.gif

Kid:
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4868/jeebus1vc6.gif

Retouching marks:
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4351/jeebus2eb2.gif

]]> By: cherry shiva http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335494 cherry shiva Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335494 i see a toothbrush, a horse, a hammer, and a hoax. i see a toothbrush, a horse, a hammer, and a hoax.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335240 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335240 Based on my understanding of family photography of the time, it is also possible that “the child died short BEFORE the photo was taken”. Based on my understanding of family photography of the time, it is also possible that “the child died short BEFORE the photo was taken”.

]]> By: slywy http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335241 slywy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335241 I can't see the baby. I tried. I really did. I can’t see the baby. I tried. I really did.

]]> By: desiredusername http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335246 desiredusername Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335246 What rule makes all phantoms with beards automatically Jesus? What rule makes all phantoms with beards automatically Jesus?

]]> By: doug117 http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335247 doug117 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335247 Why's everyone think that is Jesus? Looks a lot like my brother-in-law Jerry. Why’s everyone think that is Jesus?

Looks a lot like my brother-in-law Jerry.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335255 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335255 When you say Jesus, do mean Rasputin? When you say Jesus, do mean Rasputin?

]]> By: desiredusername http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335258 desiredusername Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335258 And omg <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia#Scientific">Chonosuke Okamura</a> on the wikipedia link! And omg Chonosuke Okamura on the wikipedia link!

]]> By: dbarak http://boingboing.net/2008/11/20/good-example-of-pare.html#comment-335260 dbarak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-335260 @ #13 You're absolutely right. I've seen post-mortem portraits of kids and adults from the olden days. I think it's Ian Anderson... http://home.cogeco.ca/~mansion/anderson1.jpg @ #13

You’re absolutely right. I’ve seen post-mortem portraits of kids and adults from the olden days.

I think it’s Ian Anderson…

http://home.cogeco.ca/~mansion/anderson1.jpg

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