Comments on: A pair of eidolias http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/ 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. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:46:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Victor Bogado da Silva Lins http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-2/#comment-170910 Victor Bogado da Silva Lins Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:22:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170910 I see not one, but two faces on the first one. They are profile and starring each other, since they are both very similar I could guess that they are the same sex, so this must mean that god approves homosexualism. :-) I see not one, but two faces on the first one. They are profile and starring each other, since they are both very similar I could guess that they are the same sex, so this must mean that god approves homosexualism. :-)

]]> By: AndymanEC http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-2/#comment-170767 AndymanEC Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:19:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170767 The one on the right is totally the giant hovering/spinning-face bad guy from Tron, minus all the glowey colors. The one on the right is totally the giant hovering/spinning-face bad guy from Tron, minus all the glowey colors.

]]> By: MPG http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-2/#comment-170764 MPG Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:54:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170764 49 responses and not a "What, me worry"? Tsk, tsk. 49 responses and not a “What, me worry”? Tsk, tsk.

]]> By: jen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-2/#comment-170761 jen Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:45:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170761 I see a cow face on the left, and a mummy on the right. I see a cow face on the left, and a mummy on the right.

]]> By: MadScientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-2/#comment-170755 MadScientist Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:16:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170755 Here's one that's tough to beat: http://patcondell.net/page2/page11/page11.html Here’s one that’s tough to beat:

http://patcondell.net/page2/page11/page11.html

]]> By: Paolo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170725 Paolo Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:33:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170725 OK, slightly OT, but totally funny (and BA-related)!! This is yesterday's Get Fuzzy strip comic http://comics.com/get_fuzzy/2009-04-01/ I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!! OK, slightly OT, but totally funny (and BA-related)!! This is yesterday’s Get Fuzzy strip comic

http://comics.com/get_fuzzy/2009-04-01/

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!!

]]> By: George Kopeliadis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170720 George Kopeliadis Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:41:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170720 It's Almbert Einstein ... for sure! It’s Almbert Einstein … for sure!

]]> By: MadScientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170664 MadScientist Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:34:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170664 That's definitely Alfred E. Newman with a hanky on his head. That’s definitely Alfred E. Newman with a hanky on his head.

]]> By: Elwood Herring http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170610 Elwood Herring Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:48:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170610 Chuck Anziulewicz: I think you've nailed it (great picture!) - but what's she doing in my kitchen? Chuck Anziulewicz: I think you’ve nailed it (great picture!) – but what’s she doing in my kitchen?

]]> By: Mena http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170596 Mena Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:09:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170596 I'm getting a Sidoh from Death Note vibe from the one on the right. The one on the left almost seems feline. I’m getting a Sidoh from Death Note vibe from the one on the right. The one on the left almost seems feline.

]]> By: wfr http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170581 wfr Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:30:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170581 In the middle of Andre the Giant's face I see the guy on the bridge in Edvard Munch's "The Scream." I think I'm suffering from the rare but dreaded "embedded pareidolia." In the middle of Andre the Giant’s face I see the guy on the bridge in Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” I think I’m suffering from the rare but dreaded “embedded pareidolia.”

]]> By: QUASAR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170580 QUASAR Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:28:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170580 You're seeing faces everywhere! You’re seeing faces everywhere!

]]> By: Ryan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170575 Ryan Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:19:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170575 I'm going to go with Boe and Jerri as the two. i wonder what messages these fictional characters are trying to tell us by revealing themselves? is it a coincidence that this is during the G20? I’m going to go with Boe and Jerri as the two. i wonder what messages these fictional characters are trying to tell us by revealing themselves? is it a coincidence that this is during the G20?

]]> By: Bill http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170561 Bill Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:45:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170561 The one on the right is clearly Darkman. The one on the right is clearly Darkman.

]]> By: Sili http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170526 Sili Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:10:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170526 <blockquote> Alfred E. Newman</blockquote> What has been seen, cannot be unseen!

Alfred E. Newman

What has been seen, cannot be unseen!

]]> By: Chuck Anziulewicz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170521 Chuck Anziulewicz Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:05:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170521 <b>ALL OF YOU ARE WRONG.</b> The image on the right is OBVIOUSLY Jerri Blank of <i>Strangers with Candy</i>: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/06/28/arts/28cand.1.650.jpg I always suspected Amy Sedaris was DIVINE. ALL OF YOU ARE WRONG.

The image on the right is OBVIOUSLY Jerri Blank of Strangers with Candy:
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/06/28/arts/28cand.1.650.jpg

I always suspected Amy Sedaris was DIVINE.

]]> By: firemancarl http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170518 firemancarl Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:02:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170518 The one in the window looks a bit like Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes. The one in the window looks a bit like Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes.

]]> By: Sam http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170513 Sam Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:48:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170513 If you check out the original blog post I made, I have a comparison between andre the giant and the door. http://blog.sa.mu/post/89192138/i-found-jesuss-face-on-the-door If you check out the original blog post I made, I have a comparison between andre the giant and the door.
http://blog.sa.mu/post/89192138/i-found-jesuss-face-on-the-door

]]> By: Bobcloclimar http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170511 Bobcloclimar Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:46:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170511 I see Spawn on the left. Or Scorpion/Sub-Zero/Reptile/Smoke/Ermac/Rain/Noob Saibot. I see Spawn on the left. Or Scorpion/Sub-Zero/Reptile/Smoke/Ermac/Rain/Noob Saibot.

]]> By: Michelle http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170507 Michelle Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:35:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170507 The one in the window made my heart jump. It's CREEPY. And not in a holy way. The one in the window made my heart jump. It’s CREEPY.
And not in a holy way.

]]> By: TechyDad http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170503 TechyDad Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:30:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170503 I had one of these happen to me. We were being told ghost stories by a campfire during a wedding weekend. I, being an amateur photography geek, decided that the fire made for a good photo subject. I snapped a few (dozen) photos. The next day, I showed them to my friend (the groom). We immediately saw a face in the flames. The photo is up on my blog: http://www.techydad.com/?p=115 I definitely don't believe that it was a ghost or anything like that... I just like the coincidence of photographing a "ghost face" in the flames while being told ghost stories. ;-) I had one of these happen to me. We were being told ghost stories by a campfire during a wedding weekend. I, being an amateur photography geek, decided that the fire made for a good photo subject. I snapped a few (dozen) photos. The next day, I showed them to my friend (the groom). We immediately saw a face in the flames. The photo is up on my blog: http://www.techydad.com/?p=115

I definitely don’t believe that it was a ghost or anything like that… I just like the coincidence of photographing a “ghost face” in the flames while being told ghost stories. ;-)

]]> By: Elwood Herring http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170502 Elwood Herring Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:29:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170502 Jack Mitcham: Absolutely no photoshopping - I can vouch for that. The photo (on the right) was taken in 2006 and I didn't notice the "face" until a couple of weeks ago. It's actually a reflection of some trees at the bottom of my garden. As soon as I noticed it I thought I'd send it to Phil, knowing his pareidolia predilection! Jack Mitcham: Absolutely no photoshopping – I can vouch for that. The photo (on the right) was taken in 2006 and I didn’t notice the “face” until a couple of weeks ago. It’s actually a reflection of some trees at the bottom of my garden. As soon as I noticed it I thought I’d send it to Phil, knowing his pareidolia predilection!

]]> By: IMForeman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170501 IMForeman Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:22:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170501 The one on the left is either the Master Control Program from Tron (as noted above) or Nagilum from Star Trek the Next Generation's "Where Silence Has Lease." The one on the right looks like the Mad Thinker. The one on the left is either the Master Control Program from Tron (as noted above) or Nagilum from Star Trek the Next Generation’s “Where Silence Has Lease.” The one on the right looks like the Mad Thinker.

]]> By: fluffy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170500 fluffy Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:20:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170500 I see the faces but I don't recognize them. Then again it seems I have prosopagnosia so I guess that shouldn't be a surprise. I see the faces but I don’t recognize them. Then again it seems I have prosopagnosia so I guess that shouldn’t be a surprise.

]]> By: Larian LeQuella http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/comment-page-1/#comment-170495 Larian LeQuella Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:11:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/01/a-pair-of-eidolias/#comment-170495 I think Rogue Medic wins this thread! Yeah, the Andre the Giant one was posted on the JREF forums a while back. I think Rogue Medic wins this thread!

Yeah, the Andre the Giant one was posted on the JREF forums a while back.

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