How did I miss this? A little ago I posted about a Worth1000 contest to create pareidolia (which is an oxymoronic experiment, I’ll add — if it’s on purpose, it ain’t pareidolia).
This picture was in the contest, and I remember it– I glanced at it and moved on. Silly.
I have to admit, that does look just like me. Reddish beard, cap, narrow glasses, rugged good looks, the spark of incredible intelligence, mouth open to complain about some dumb thing… yup. Dead ringer.
I guess this makes me a rock star. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Tip o’ my SpaceX baseball cap to OrbitingFrog for pointing this out! Turns out in the comments of the original post, Navneeth saw it too.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
OMG Jesus!
Oh, wait, my mistake. Jesus would have a longer beard and a Red Sox cap.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Now then, if those rocks were Martian in origin…
June 12th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
“rugged good looks” excuse me while I go barf.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
I originally thought it was Adam Savage of “Mythbusters” but, after staring at it for a while, I can see where it would be the B.A.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
When I saw the title, “Phileidolia”, I thought you were referring to the times that the city of Philadelphia looks like Jesus (and is Heaven on Earth)!
June 12th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
phil plait is the rock of ages
June 12th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
yeah, he is a star made of rocks
June 12th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
It’d be more appropriate if you were photoshopped into the Eagle Nebula.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Well…. I saw it way back in the original post and wondered why you didn’t link to it then – but considered MAYBE that it was because the title of the image is “Stoned”.
JC
June 12th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
LOL! Brilliant!
June 12th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Thanks JackC, it saved me the obvious comeback. “Incredible intelligence” of a rock, well, well, …
June 12th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
BA you rock!
June 12th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Stop! Stop, will you?! Stop that! Stop it! Now, look! No one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle! Do you understand?! Even, and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say ‘Jehovah’!
June 12th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Bwahahaha!! Gonzo astronomy meets low tide! BwaahahaHAAA!!!
June 12th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
One rock to the right of your nose looks a lot like Jupiter!
June 12th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Sorry, I don’t see it. What’s so special about a bunch of rocks? In the lower right at about the 5:30 position there’s some rocks that sorta look like doggie poop. And maybe toward the middle there’s two rocks looking like fried eggs. But, it’d have to be a real stetch to see this guy, Perry O. Dolla.
Haw, haw.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:04 am
Oh dear!
You know what this means, don’t you? If there is such a thing as “purposeful pareidolia”, then all the nut-jobs will be coming out of the woodwork claiming that the images of Jesus on a bagel, in the clouds, on a skirting board or on a dog’s bum were put there on purpose, and OBVIOUSLY by God.
June 13th, 2008 at 9:41 am
I agree with the “stoned” assessment. Just look at those pupils.
What if it’s on purpose and obviously Photo-chopped? Not only is it not random, it never existed at all.