Comments on: Pareidolia rocks! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/27/pareidolia-rocks/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:28:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: I’m sorry Mr. Conrad, it’s just a rock « Bipedalia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/27/pareidolia-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-170942 I’m sorry Mr. Conrad, it’s just a rock « Bipedalia Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:40:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/27/pareidolia-rocks/#comment-170942 [...] it was a fossil human foot. The point is, lots of rocks look like things, but aren’t. Like this satellite image of the Canadian badlands.  It’s called pareidolia, and it is a well documented [...] [...] it was a fossil human foot. The point is, lots of rocks look like things, but aren’t. Like this satellite image of the Canadian badlands.  It’s called pareidolia, and it is a well documented [...]

]]> By: Feeling Helpless? Find a Pattern « N e u r o n a r r a t i v e http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/27/pareidolia-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-153895 Feeling Helpless? Find a Pattern « N e u r o n a r r a t i v e Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:48:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/27/pareidolia-rocks/#comment-153895 [...] More information about the rock formation pattern in the upper right of this post can be found here. [...] [...] More information about the rock formation pattern in the upper right of this post can be found here. [...]

]]> By: CR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/27/pareidolia-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-22764 CR Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:33:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/27/pareidolia-rocks/#comment-22764 LOL!! LOL!!

]]> By: Harold http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/27/pareidolia-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-22765 Harold Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:43:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/27/pareidolia-rocks/#comment-22765 By the way, for a visual representation of my comment, see here: http://anothermonkey.blogspot.com/2006/10/rock-on.html By the way, for a visual representation of my comment, see here:
http://anothermonkey.blogspot.com/2006/10/rock-on.html

]]> By: Harold http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/27/pareidolia-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-22766 Harold Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:08:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/27/pareidolia-rocks/#comment-22766 Glad to be of service, CR! You should've seen what I did with a photo of a potato chip from someone else's site last year! I had it exactly keyed to a lengthy passage from the Bible, with about twelve points of reference. After a while I was scaring myself. I'll try to find that image. Glad to be of service, CR! You should’ve seen what I did with a photo of a potato chip from someone else’s site last year! I had it exactly keyed to a lengthy passage from the Bible, with about twelve points of reference. After a while I was scaring myself. I’ll try to find that image.

]]> By: CR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/27/pareidolia-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-22744 CR Mon, 30 Oct 2006 07:12:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/27/pareidolia-rocks/#comment-22744 Harold said: "What’s the deal with the guy on the right? He’s wearing some sort of cloth mask that drapes over his nose and his cheeks and has slits for the eyes and long floppy strips that hang in front of his ears. His mouth is hanging open like he’s trying to drink rain. And he’s wearing a Devo hat. And a scarf. Dude, WTF? And what’s with all the hands reaching toward them both from the left? Are they at a Rave or something?" I've been laughing so hard for the past five or so minutes that I have tears streaming down my face. Maybe I'm just overly tired, but that post really struck a nerve (in my funny bone). Just the way the things kept adding up (Devo hat, ha!) had me in clutching my sides. Thanks, Harold, for bringing such levity. On a serious note, this illustrates how easy it is to read significance into non-significant things, doesn't it? Harold said: “What’s the deal with the guy on the right? He’s wearing some sort of cloth mask that drapes over his nose and his cheeks and has slits for the eyes and long floppy strips that hang in front of his ears. His mouth is hanging open like he’s trying to drink rain. And he’s wearing a Devo hat. And a scarf. Dude, WTF?

And what’s with all the hands reaching toward them both from the left? Are they at a Rave or something?”

I’ve been laughing so hard for the past five or so minutes that I have tears streaming down my face. Maybe I’m just overly tired, but that post really struck a nerve (in my funny bone). Just the way the things kept adding up (Devo hat, ha!) had me in clutching my sides. Thanks, Harold, for bringing such levity.
On a serious note, this illustrates how easy it is to read significance into non-significant things, doesn’t it?

]]> By: dre http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/27/pareidolia-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-22745 dre Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:51:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/27/pareidolia-rocks/#comment-22745 oops! i just read the attached article. i reckon it's a natural gas well-head. my mistake! oops! i just read the attached article. i reckon it’s a natural gas well-head. my mistake!

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