Pareidolia: Seeing Faces in Things
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Explaining the phenomenon of pareidolia, which causes us to see facial patterns in ordinary objects and surfaces. I also discuss illusions, paintings, and psychological research related to it.
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I love how this flipped between the most banger artworks you'll ever see and a distressed egg.
@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist4Some book says a thing. Why should we care what some book says?
@@Darvobeklol he deleted it
Oh that egg is good for you, you can get a bit of egg on your face. Sometimes I don't know what to do with the new egg on sale at the new Tesco.
I hesitated a while before finally clicking on this video because I already knew what pareidolia was. However your video had me engaged the full 18 minutes and was never boring. I learned a lot, amazing video!
GON :OO FREECS!!!
The Ambassador's painting's hidden skull was really the origin for Gen Z humor
It also contains the Universal S symbol.
gen z humor is just OG internet humor from the golden era; that is why when gen z'ers see such things or old edits from 2010, they go "holy shit, this fits right in with modern editing energy."
🚀THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the last age in which God saves man from the destruction of this old world"
(After Jehovah's work, Jesus became flesh to do His work among people. This is the work for a new age after God ends the Age of Law. When the old age passes, it will be replaced by a new age, and once the old work is completed, a new work will continue the rule of God. This incarnation is the second incarnation of God following the completion of Jesus' work. Every new phase of God's work always brings a new beginning and a new age. When Jesus came to the human world, He brought the Age of Grace and ended the Age of Law. During the last days, the God became flesh again, and when He became flesh this time, He ended the Age of Grace and ushered in the Age of Kingdom. All those who accept God's second incarnation will be taken to Age of the Kingdom, and will personally receive God's guidance. Completely saving man from Satan's influence not only required Jesus to take on man's sins as a sin offering, but also required God to do a greater work to completely rid man of his disposition, which Satan corrupted. All who submit to His dominion will enjoy a higher truth and receive greater blessings. They will truly live in the light, and obtain the truth, the way, and the life.)
Almighty God said
After JEHOVAH'S WORK, JESUS became a HUMAN being to do His WORK among PEOPLE. 🙏
His WORK was NOT carried out SEPARATELY, but BUILT upon JEHOVAH'S WORK. This is WORK for a NEW AGE after GOD ENDS the AGE of LAW. Also, when the work of Jesus was finished, God still continued His work for the next age, because the entire government of God is always progressing forward. ☀️
When the old age passes, it will be replaced by a new age, and once the OLD WORK is COMPLETED, a NEW WORK will CONTINUE GOD'S RULE. This INCARNATION is the SECOND INCARNATION of GOD FOLLOWING the COMPLETION of the WORK of JESUS. ☀️
Of course, this incarnation does not happen alone, but it is the THIRD PHASE of WORK after the AGE OF LAW and the AGE OF GRACE. ☀️
Each NEW PHASE of GOD'S WORK always BRINGS a NEW BEGINNING and a NEW AGE.
There are also corresponding changes in God's disposition, in His way of doing, in the place of His work, and in His name. 🙏
No wonder, then, that it is difficult for people to accept God's work in the new age. But regardless of how man opposes Him, God always does His work, and always leads all mankind forward. ☀️
WHEN JESUS CAME to the WORLD of MAN, He BRINGED the AGE OF GRACE and ENDED the AGE OF LAW. 🙏
In the TIME of the LAST DAYS, GOD again became FLESH, and when He became FLESH at this time, He ENDED the AGE of GRACE and BRINGED in the AGE of KINGDOM.🙏
ALL who RECEIVE GOD'S SECOND INCARNATION WILL BE TAKEN INTO the AGE OF THE KINGDOM, and WILL PERSONALLY RECEIVE GOD'S GUIDANCE. ☀️🙏
Although JESUS DID a LOT with MAN, He only completed the REDEMPTION of ALL MANKIND and became the sacrifice for MAN'S SIN, and did NOT remove from man ALL his BAD DISPOSITIONS. ☀️
The complete saving of man from SATAN'S INFLUENCE NOT ONLY REQUIRED JESUS to take on MAN'S SINS as a SIN OFFERING, but also REQUIRED GOD to do a GREATER WORK to COMPLETELY rid MAN of his DISPOSITION, which SATAN CORRUPTED. And so, AFTER MAN was FORGIVEN of his SINS, GOD RETURNED to the HUMAN BODY to LEAD man into a NEW AGE, and BEGAN the WORK of CHASTISEMENT and JUDGMENT, and this WORK BROUGHT MAN to a more HIGH COVERAGE. ☀️
ALL WHO SUBMIT to His DOMINION WILL ENJOY a HIGHER TRUTH and RECEIVE GREATER BLESSINGS. They will REALLY LIVE in the LIGHT, and GET the TRUTH, the WAY, and the LIFE. 💐🙏
From "Foreword"
Fulfillment of "When I looked up, someone handed me a book wrapped in a scroll. I opened it and I read on both sides the prayers, sorrows, and curses." (Ezekiel 2:9-10). ... "His garment was stained with blood. He was called the "Word of God" (Rev. 19:13).
The kingdom He brought down and set up in the highest in the sky so that it can occupy His creation in the universe and engrave on it the entirety of His Holy name "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 fulfillment of (Mat. 16:18) "And I say as for you, you are Peter, on top of this rock I will build my Church, that even the power of death will not be able to overcome it.". ... and "The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia" (Rev. 3:7-13). ... And fulfillment of "The New Jerusalem" 💫 "The Spirit enveloped me, and the angel led me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed Me Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down from heaven from God." (Rev. 3:7-13). ... " For the time has come in the house of God for the beginning of judgment in the house of God." (1 Peter 4:17). ... It is fulfilled that God Himself is our Pastor in (Rev. 7:17) 💐
"For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their PASTOR. He will lead them to springs of life-giving water; and God will wipe away the tears from their eyes"
📩 Calling and leading the sheep of God to His glorious Throne "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD"💐 to submit again to His authority so that He will continue to teach, guide and protect even in plague, famine and wild animals will not be moved by it and completely win this final battle with the big red dragon!
"They say with a loud voice, "Salvation comes from the Lamb, and from our God who sits on the Throne!" (Rev. 7:10). ... and it will be fulfilled that will be established above the sky/RUclips in (Isaiah 2: 2 / 9:6) "On the Last Day, the mountain on which Jehovah's temple stands will stand out above all the mountains. All nations will flock there. " . . . "For a baby boy is born to us. The rule will be given to him; and he shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Almighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace." 📩❤
@@pyropulseIXXI2010s is not exactly OG internet
@@RodrigoTheHappyDog1997 to now I think
2:17 I used to walk by this statue all the time when living in the area. Even after countless times the effect was just as stunning: the face "turning" towards you as you went, as if following you with its gaze.
That statue is a good idea for me to come to try and get 6 hours of sleep and I will be in bed at the moment so I can never see that one.
As an autistic, I’d like to add it can ALSO go the opposite way due to how the spectrum works. Just as we have “low social awareness”, we can also have EXTREME social awareness from overactive pattern recognition in our brains (which can also result in anxiety from overthinking what we perceive as a “pattern” that wasn’t there)
I have ADHD and I certainly feel like I "see faces" in things more often than others
Being neurodivergent is one hell of a drug
I have aspergers and there’s an ostrich on my closet pls help
As a socially inept person where nay I acquire this?
Huh. I never considered myself autistic because I could read people so well despite having a few tendencies. But a big one for me is I usually hate making eye contact because it's information overload. I can read so much from someone's eyes, it's way too distracting to continue interacting with them. Instead I look around our general environment and focus on our words. Maybe I do have a bit of the 'tism.
Back in the late '80s, I worked in a darkroom. Our biggest clients were wedding photographers. I learned very quickly to look at every image upside down. It's the best way to determine if you've visually centered the subject. When looking at an image correctly, the subject matter (people) are distracting.
I'm now a digital graphic artist for a marketing agency. Occasionally, I still use that old technique.
This is a big part of my personality. I'm 32 and I do this even more now than I did as a kid. It's something I really love, and I take pictures of the instances I come across. My husband always points out to me any of the faces he sees because he knows I love it. I just sent him this video!
I do that too! I saw a bear face on the shower curtain once so I took a photo of it :)
Super cute!
It do it too ! Sometimes I even draw on the photo to outline what I see.
I find it interesting.
For me it's the strongest with floors that have a wood pattern🤯 faces everywhere °~°
this has always interested me. im autistic, but im sensory seeking rather than sensory avoidant, and i get more pareidolia than the neurotypical people i know. I think this is why the entire concept has interested me my entire life. :D
Same here.
The human being is an incredible creature, we naturally see art in our daily lives, we can transform our simple world into hundreds of meanings, man, living knowing this is fantastic
It’s quite unfortunate that we use the same powers for evil and overgeneralization all too often.
@@maddiesmenagerie8853 Even that is still magnificent in my opinion . Even the evil and mean spirited are fascinating beings although they're not necessarily likeable .
@@godisrealgoddamnit Grow up
Ok?@@crunchysugar
@@crunchysugarwhat? He's right, he's not saying those people are ok he's just saying they are all fascinating and show how much the human being is capable of.
As an Autistic person, I experience a lot of Pareidolia. I often see faces formed by the grills and headlights on cars.
I'm surprised not many other people generally mention cars looking like faces, I thought it was pretty obvious
Cars are deisgned to HAVE faces:
• Lamborghinis are given sharp eyes (headlights) and angry, angular mouthes (grilles) to look very "furious"
• The Dodge Challenger with it's subtle frown and four circular headlights placed in a wide rectangle grile give it a serious expression
• The Renault Twingo has blobby, soft eyes and a wide, prominent smile indicating how happy and overjoyed the small French economy car is
Hell yeah lol
It works the other way round too.
I used to have a work colleague who reminded me of a 2007 Skoda Octavia in beige.
those are my favorite ones@@gammaboost
I had a lot of this as a child/young teen(??) and it genuinely really creeped me out when I was doing something and looked at a door for example and it looked like it was looking at me - even though I knew it's not real it was really scary
same here. still have it
You reminded me of Noelle Holiday from deltarune. Who always freaked out when she saw power outlets because they reminded her of smiling faces, Meaning that she always felt she was watched.
@@Hero_My_Belovedjesus christ get a life
@@Hero_My_Belovedwait her second name is holiday???
@@laser_uhhhh yes. If you want to know more, just play deltarune by Toby Fox. It's free, and only 2 chapters have been released as of now. Her theme and why she is named like that is because she is a reindeer and she, therefore, likes Christmas.
Also, a point worth making: Noelle in french means Christmas :)
"Hey evolution, can i have a pattern seeking brain?"
"To avoid predators?"
"Yes..."
The way he just didn't even acknowledge the Loss in the script...well done.
It is very interesting to learn that we only *adapt* to perceive in three dimensions, rather than that being an innate characteristic of perception. Also that our perceptual system is still faulty and subject to misfire. The human brain (and all brains in general) is fascinating!
6:04 that painting is awesome, thanks for mentioning it, I could’ve gone my whole life without knowing about that.
same!!!
I think, the conclusion of the video is what makes this video great, otherwise it would be basically the same video on youtube about pareidolia, thanks for creative and definitive conclusion
i just came for the funi faces on pancakes, now I'm still baffled by the masks facing frontward AND frontward.
I have c-PTSD from a lot of childhood trauma and I've noticed that I read patterns where there are none a lot more often than the people around me. Not just faces or humanoid figures in visuals (which I do see a lot and it freaks me out bad when I'm in an episode), but voices and music in sheer noise too. I've listened to instrumental tracks where I could hear someone shouting my name and been convinced someone had left a radio on when it was just running water. Pareidolia is a fascinating phenomenon.
same for sure. i am curious if you've ever also had issues with misophonia, I have CPTSD as well, but several other things going on, so who tf knows - just curious because i think this kind of repetitive trauma can make us extremely sensitive to sound
@@Charles.Foster.Offdensen I do struggle with misophonia, yeah. But I'm also autistic and have a lot of sensory problems in general. The autism and c-PTSD play off each other a lot and it's hard to know where one starts and the other ends.
I get this too, but I also genuinely hear much higher frequencies and sound patterns in music, compared to when I was younger and less open minded. I've played piano be ear all my life so I can tell that I am both hearing voices and seeing faces which are formed from random objects/noise *and* perceiving genuinely altered patterns of pitch and frequency in music that I've been listening to all my life.
I believe it's because I am a writer and spend much of my life questioning accepted norms in order to come up with novel ideas and perspectives- which has reduced the filtering effect of my left brain on the creative activity of my right. Sometimes, this results in pattern recognition where there is none, but it *also* results in pattern *perception* which most humans are cut off from due to a strict fealty to norms and cultural determinism.
I think anyone can get those effects from LSD and other psychedelics.
Beautiful exposition. I’ve always struggled with explaining pareidolia, and this will be extremely helpful. Nonetheless, I’d like to propose a different conclusion. Which is, that there is no natural analog to our perceptions. Objects as we perceive them, don’t exist objectively in nature, but rather are arbitrary apprehensions of our mind, conditioned to the qualities of our perception, limited by our senses and subject to the scale of our experience; that evolved to help us make sense of being. But there is no boundary that intrinsically defines a cloud as a particular object in the universe. I believe that ontological skepticism is the interpretation that best describes the relation of our minds and the world.
Hello Duncan! I am so happy i found your channel & this video! I am a 63 yo female who has an extreme gift of pareidolia,artistic creativity and an IQ tested at 153. I don’t say this to be blowing my own horn, it’s just to explain somewhat my personal experience. I also have a talent for “reading people”. By profession I am a retired horticulturist. My pareidolia became evident to me at about age 4… I was put to bed in a dark room , in a bed that was up against a plaster wall. Usually the curtains in the room were left open and moonlight often flooded the room and wall I turned to to sleep. For fun I would see many recognizable shapes and forms in the plaster scrapings on the wall scratching and swirls, which entertained me as I drifted off to sleep. It was, and still is enjoyable to me , however it can be silliness to other people. I have always been and felt like an “odd ball” but I accept my own unique mind these days. I still read everything I can get my hands on and go from one project to another and adore my garden! I think it is a special thing to see wrestlers and turtles in the clouds! The brain is an amazing thing!
Dogs development of facial muscles to create expression happened in a remarkably short time after domestication.
It's a weird quirk in evolutionary time scales.
Not really. We made dogs the way they are through artificial selection, we chose to breed dogs that had cute and undearing facial expressions. We love those puppy eyes.
@@bootblackingDogs and humans co evolved to become friendlier because it benefited both sides
@@bootblacking artificial selection is still evolution fool. As he explained in the video, we did the same thing with our own babies, only a little less consciously.
@@bootblacking ehhh…. More or less a bit of both. I heard somewhere that they actually have more muscles around their faces, ears, etc. Probably to show emotion to us humans or other dogs. Still though, you’re definitely right at some point.
Take the Samoyed as an example: it has an upright mouth that looks like a smile, but it’s actually an adaptation for the cold!
@bootblacking. That's what they meant.
Most interesting! I have always found it a bit humorous when I saw faces in electrical outlets. Never would have imagined that there was logic behind it. Thank You so much for the in depth analysis and explanation of pareidolia!
4:58 actually both pictures are pretty grotesque
This is a brilliant video! Absolutely hands down the best essay video about a topic I’ve watched. I’m well impressed
I watched this whole video w out realising who created it, then the Philosophy iceberg video was recommended at the end n i understood why i enjoyed this sm
🚀THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the last age in which God saves man from the destruction of this old world"
(After Jehovah's work, Jesus became flesh to do His work among people. This is the work for a new age after God ends the Age of Law. When the old age passes, it will be replaced by a new age, and once the old work is completed, a new work will continue the rule of God. This incarnation is the second incarnation of God following the completion of Jesus' work. Every new phase of God's work always brings a new beginning and a new age. When Jesus came to the human world, He brought the Age of Grace and ended the Age of Law. During the last days, the God became flesh again, and when He became flesh this time, He ended the Age of Grace and ushered in the Age of Kingdom. All those who accept God's second incarnation will be taken to Age of the Kingdom, and will personally receive God's guidance. Completely saving man from Satan's influence not only required Jesus to take on man's sins as a sin offering, but also required God to do a greater work to completely rid man of his disposition, which Satan corrupted. All who submit to His dominion will enjoy a higher truth and receive greater blessings. They will truly live in the light, and obtain the truth, the way, and the life.)
Almighty God said
After JEHOVAH'S WORK, JESUS became a HUMAN being to do His WORK among PEOPLE. 🙏
His WORK was NOT carried out SEPARATELY, but BUILT upon JEHOVAH'S WORK. This is WORK for a NEW AGE after GOD ENDS the AGE of LAW. Also, when the work of Jesus was finished, God still continued His work for the next age, because the entire government of God is always progressing forward. ☀️
When the old age passes, it will be replaced by a new age, and once the OLD WORK is COMPLETED, a NEW WORK will CONTINUE GOD'S RULE. This INCARNATION is the SECOND INCARNATION of GOD FOLLOWING the COMPLETION of the WORK of JESUS. ☀️
Of course, this incarnation does not happen alone, but it is the THIRD PHASE of WORK after the AGE OF LAW and the AGE OF GRACE. ☀️
Each NEW PHASE of GOD'S WORK always BRINGS a NEW BEGINNING and a NEW AGE.
There are also corresponding changes in God's disposition, in His way of doing, in the place of His work, and in His name. 🙏
No wonder, then, that it is difficult for people to accept God's work in the new age. But regardless of how man opposes Him, God always does His work, and always leads all mankind forward. ☀️
WHEN JESUS CAME to the WORLD of MAN, He BRINGED the AGE OF GRACE and ENDED the AGE OF LAW. 🙏
In the TIME of the LAST DAYS, GOD again became FLESH, and when He became FLESH at this time, He ENDED the AGE of GRACE and BRINGED in the AGE of KINGDOM.🙏
ALL who RECEIVE GOD'S SECOND INCARNATION WILL BE TAKEN INTO the AGE OF THE KINGDOM, and WILL PERSONALLY RECEIVE GOD'S GUIDANCE. ☀️🙏
Although JESUS DID a LOT with MAN, He only completed the REDEMPTION of ALL MANKIND and became the sacrifice for MAN'S SIN, and did NOT remove from man ALL his BAD DISPOSITIONS. ☀️
The complete saving of man from SATAN'S INFLUENCE NOT ONLY REQUIRED JESUS to take on MAN'S SINS as a SIN OFFERING, but also REQUIRED GOD to do a GREATER WORK to COMPLETELY rid MAN of his DISPOSITION, which SATAN CORRUPTED. And so, AFTER MAN was FORGIVEN of his SINS, GOD RETURNED to the HUMAN BODY to LEAD man into a NEW AGE, and BEGAN the WORK of CHASTISEMENT and JUDGMENT, and this WORK BROUGHT MAN to a more HIGH COVERAGE. ☀️
ALL WHO SUBMIT to His DOMINION WILL ENJOY a HIGHER TRUTH and RECEIVE GREATER BLESSINGS. They will REALLY LIVE in the LIGHT, and GET the TRUTH, the WAY, and the LIFE. 💐🙏
From "Foreword"
Fulfillment of "When I looked up, someone handed me a book wrapped in a scroll. I opened it and I read on both sides the prayers, sorrows, and curses." (Ezekiel 2:9-10). ... "His garment was stained with blood. He was called the "Word of God" (Rev. 19:13).
The kingdom He brought down and set up in the highest in the sky so that it can occupy His creation in the universe and engrave on it the entirety of His Holy name "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 fulfillment of (Mat. 16:18) "And I say as for you, you are Peter, on top of this rock I will build my Church, that even the power of death will not be able to overcome it.". ... and "The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia" (Rev. 3:7-13). ... And fulfillment of "The New Jerusalem" 💫 "The Spirit enveloped me, and the angel led me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed Me Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down from heaven from God." (Rev. 3:7-13). ... " For the time has come in the house of God for the beginning of judgment in the house of God." (1 Peter 4:17). ... It is fulfilled that God Himself is our Pastor in (Rev. 7:17) 💐
"For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their PASTOR. He will lead them to springs of life-giving water; and God will wipe away the tears from their eyes"
📩 Calling and leading the sheep of God to His glorious Throne "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD"💐 to submit again to His authority so that He will continue to teach, guide and protect even in plague, famine and wild animals will not be moved by it and completely win this final battle with the big red dragon!
"They say with a loud voice, "Salvation comes from the Lamb, and from our God who sits on the Throne!" (Rev. 7:10). ... and it will be fulfilled that will be established above the sky/RUclips in (Isaiah 2: 2 / 9:6) "On the Last Day, the mountain on which Jehovah's temple stands will stand out above all the mountains. All nations will flock there. " . . . "For a baby boy is born to us. The rule will be given to him; and he shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Almighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace." 📩❤
Amazing video, honestly didn't know the concept of seeing faces in everything this well explored and documented EVEN back in the 1600s, it's really impressive how much the humans' top notch facial recognition was valued back then and nowadays, alike.
It’s all fun and games till you see faces while starting into the dark
I dont like it 😢
I walked outside in the evening and kept looking behind me for foxes or Wolfe's. I have never seen a fox or a wolf but i know they can bite you and hurt me. I will never go out at dark and not be extra careful.
@@W0B0NI've seen two foxes in the wild before, they can run very quickly but since I didn't bother them they didn't even try attacking.
@@gammaboost Foxes travel in packs (more than 2). They most likely were scouting for food, and ran back to their pack to report on you as their meal. Maybe that's why they didn't try attacking. It's not about you "bothering them" you woke vegan
@@W0B0NFoxes aren't dangerous or aggressive to humans unless they have rabies. But yeah, you don't want rabies so I guess the wariness might be somewhat reasonable if it's a prominent risk where you live.
Bro really explained the “squint ur eyes” meme for us
Just so you know, Gala contemplating the Mediterranean sea is about 2.5m tall, not 30m. That would be outrageous, egregious, preposterous!
Lol, I can't believe I missed that obvious error. I checked the article I used for research and it said "Gala contemplating the Mediterranean Sea, which at 30 meters becomes the portrait of Abraham Lincoln," which presumably means "at 30 meters away" rather than "the painting is 30 meters tall."
😂 lolll that's kinda funny but great video don't stress about it boss 🙏
Please tell me I'm not the only person who sees faces in cars. The head lights are eyes, and the bumper's a mouth. When I was younger I used to assign personalities to cars based on their "face"
YESSS FINALLY.
I swear most cars I see are angry, sad, or uncomfortable.
did the exact same thing too glad to see I’m not alone
You are not alone.
They're meant to resemble faces
🗿your not alone my guy🗿
As a kid I unknowingly created a whole lore between the plugs in my house that looked like faces
Can you share a bit of this plug lore?
"[…] humans are not separate from nature we're woven into it" - very nice final sentence, bravo Vince
I'm not particularly skilled at appreciating art, but I can confirm 8:20 is a certified banger
Our house has terrazzo floors throughout. When I sit on the toilet for any length of time and my gaze, without focusing, is in the direction of the floor, the bits of black and grey marble embedded in the white cement. become alive with facial, some animal-like as well as cartoony images. I've become aware that an image of a long-eared dog with the beak of a duck, or some other silly combination, I've laughed out loud at some of the absurdities Some designs might be just a couple of blacks and greys, while others might contain many in a 3" x 4" swath of pieces. Some even seem to depict an idea in the type of image that comes forth. I enjoy this ability to be able to see these things. I've thought of photographing some areas to try and create a picture of all these clustered together. Another interesting thing that I noticed is that some images are always there when I look at them, there are others that are just one shot compositions, if I try to see them again I can not get them back in my sights or even remember where I saw it located in the chaos.
Hey, I've noticed something similar with the tiled floors in my bathrooms and kitchen. They all have an identical, abstract print (which makes it easy to tell when one is rotated differently) and I realised that it looked like there were two alien figures standing, with a crowd in the background and some other strange details.
I can't tell you how many times I've been lying awake at night, just staring at nothing of note. Then I think I see a little face in the ceiling's stippling, or in the folds of a blanket. I always wondered why that happened.
I feel like autism research is done so poorly, because we are very well known for recognizing patterns much "better" than neurotypical people, and, on top of that, all the Autistic communities i have been a part of have always had such a huge range of diversity in "brain configuration" for lack of a better term,... like for instance i have a super strong sense of pareidolia and always have, and have noticed that a lot of my friends in the past who were also Autistic were similarly attuned to seeing faces in random objects. I would also add a lot of the time I see animals or like anthropomorphized animals (maybe it has something to do with my aphantasia though? idk lol)
This!
It sucks that there's so much misinformation & stereotypes about us
Psychology is complicated. Each person experiences the world differently. We try to put each ourselves into boxes to understand each other, but that process will never be perfect. It's doesn't necessarily mean that the research has been done poorly, just that we still have more to learn, just like many areas of knowledge about the universe. I think the most important thing is that we treat people as individuals, rather than expecting our ideas about any particular group to map onto any particular person. We are all human beings at the end of the day, with more in common than different
@@trybunt you really didn’t say anything here with your comment, we as autistics already know this when speaking out about how “hey, you got this bit of information wrong and it’s kind of important”. We KNOW the easiest to access research is wrong (shit’s often by allistics who think we’re incapable of existing the way allistics do), that’s why you try to find and ask us directly. There’s no reason to defend him here with “oh, it’s human error” since he’s not “under attack” and this is a FREQUENT problem we always have to correct anyways.
@@Eet_Miait’s not a bad observation, in fact you are probably right but it wont be accepted
Your same theory was the theory 2 decades ago and even before that. There was the craze when people thought flu injections cause autism. Countless studies showed drinking while pregnant and smoking caused higher rates of autism. And you can already imagine pregnant women taking pharmaceutical drugs for their pregnancy probably weren’t put on those studies as women smoking or drinking so it’s likely even higher yet because of studies like that excluding women taking pharmaceutical drugs since those are the “nice” medical drugs they skewed studies forever and to this day we think it’s mostly genetic even though studies that try proving that show that it’s less than 50% to be genetic if at all.
Autism could be looked at as brain damage, neurological damage, brain stunted growth etc while the mother is pregnant and the fetus is developing. Most pregnant women don’t smoke or drink but they do still take drugs, they are just prescribed, yet they won’t believe it could cause problems to their baby
It’s because autism is mostly fake😂 whole ass industry the real autistic mfs live hard ass lifes and spazz at the simplest of things. Spectrum is bullshit you’re fake autistic goofy assss😂
The power outlets in the good old U.S. of A. always looked like scared faces to me, to the point where I thought as a kid that it was intentional on the part of whoever designed them since you’re less likely to go sticking random objects into them with a scared expression on their “faces” than if they were happy like the power outlets from Denmark.
This made me crane my neck to look at one of the wall sockets in my room, and yeah, they sure do look a bit fearful lol
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11:25 I still cant believe that by sheer coincidence that fire alarm had the caption "this is a meme from the future"
Actually it didnt, the caption was added later on.
It’s hard to find enjoyable videos on RUclips anymore, and I multitask while watching videos, but I stopped everything I was doing and watched all the way through. This was really interesting
really well written. that conclusion was excellent 💖
Super interesting and enjoyable video with a beautiful conclusion I didn't expect.
Something I would add: I played around with a style of meditation in which you learn to relocate the center of your awareness from the head to the chest and heart area. At some point I realized that when being aware from the heart, I automatically see more faces of humans and animals in all kinds of patterns. (And it is possible to combine that with more intentional pattern seeking to make it kind of game to find faces in any material and pattern.) The perspective from the heart doesn't just come with this projection of faces, but also makes the world seem more lively, connected etc.
So, I would suggest that pareidolia is part of a broader perspective/stance towards the world and which can ,in general, be learned and unlearned.
4:20 "Oh I can barely see it"
*"It also happens to people with sleep deprivation"*
"Well that explains it"
Fascinating video on an amazing artifact of human behaviour. One thing that was not mentioned was the propensity of those who have ingested a psychedelic substance to see faces in EVERYTHING they look at. I believe that is a direct tie-in between our primative, child's brain, and our more sophisticated cognative function as a human being in the everyday world. It gives a direct explanation of the link between art and our brains, and it shows us that art is an inherent and necessary part of the human condition. And I enjoyed seeing all those funny faces in everyday objects. :-)
This was really well done. Nice work man!
Therapists: A Hotel with a face isn't real. It won't hurt you.
The building: 0:21
5:39 This is the reason movies on TV back in time were possible. CRT screens had an intrinsic blurring effect, in addition to the analog signal transmission. Many smaller faces in a movie were still recognizable for the viewer and matched with the correct character. But when you sat very close to the TV screen you saw it was just something of very low resolution.
My man, a deep dive into the sound theory iceberg would be just the thing. Good stuff
great video. some of that art goes pretty hard. i recently learned about the makapansgat pebble. basically, 3 million years ago someone found a rock that looked like a face and decided to keep it, and i love that.
Amazing channel🎉 keep up the amazing work friend!
Paradoelia isn't just about seeing faces in everyday object, it's more a case of simply seeing something else in whatever it is you're looking at.
Yes...? That's what they said at the start of the video.
@g.n.s.153 It was more a comment on the title of the video, " seeing faces in things".
Ive always used this phenomenon to win at hide and seek when I was younger. Humans can recognize your face way easier and faster than they can recognize a stray arm or your back in a closet.
Explain further... 😶🌫️
@@LKammuiThat it's better if any other bodypart is exposed to view than your face. Since the face is much more easily recognizable. Your whole back or leg could be visible, but still not be recognized as such.
6:40 why is this hysterical. how it feels to get overstimulated at the store. how it feels when you smoke too much weed
I have no joke to say. This video was amazingly insightful.
Woah, didn't expect to see my face there at the center at 4:36
Same here! We must look a like
First time coming across your channel. I will stick around.
Very interesting and engaging video, you walk the viewer through the explanation remarkably!
Now I know the small happy face in my bathroom tile cannot harm me.
my first year in college i experienced sleep deprivation when i was awake for three days straight. there's a lot of scary things that come as side effects to that, but for me the worst was the increase in pareidolia -- it's like these kinds of illusions were multiplying, everything inanimate seemed to be staring at me and worse yet they moved like they were alive. it was like my brain was two steps ahead of me, always filling in sensory information where there was none. i know i was hallucinating but it's always been interesting to me how the first thing my brain decided to imagine was faces. i guess paranoia and no sleep go hand in hand
I genuinely love your videos so much, they give me things to think about
1:06 uh the music notes do get a bit quirky at night
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in the car home from the vet when my cat died, every single cloud in the sky looked like her. i think my high emotion, stress and tiredness made my pattern recognition go weird. it was strangely comforting though, to see her everywhere.
14:28 "Women are more likely than men to experience facial paraedolia."
It's mostly because of societal conditioning, I guarantee you. In a vacuum; for example, completely anonymous accounts on the internet without any identifying features to denote gender, men and women are essentially psychologically identical and cannot be reliably differentiated.
And indeed, almost all gender differences come from internalized societal expectation and personality, not directly from gender per se.
Not being able to differentiate between men and women while you have absolutely no information is not a good indicator of your point
The fact you showed those pixels and i instantly knew it was abraham lincoln blew my mind
3:35 I dont know if that's a different condition from what ive heard as "face blindness" but I think people with autism have a similar if not that exact condition commonly as well.
I think I have mild face blindness? I can recognise faces, but I get similar ones confused all the time. Like if I see an actor I might identify the wrong name because they have a beard on or something.
4:51 it might be because I already know about this illusion but I was immediately able to point out the one on the right being weird. Probably also because it has the one on the left next to it.
15:35 not reduced responses to stimuli, in fact most of the time its increased, to the point of having sensitivity issues. Its a spectrum so a lot of those symptoms can go either way. And weirdly enough I think im better at finding pareidolia than most. Its probably a "those who cant do teach" type situation, where since I generally have to "manually" identify these things, its a skill I posses and constantly hone. Unlike most people where that ability comes more naturally than it does for me.
16:12 which is interesting because people with autism tend to have a creative disposition. So that would seem to contradict, wouldnt it?
I also have both prosopagnosia and autism! And also experience pareidolia on the regular regardless :/
I think the key is *a* face? Got it. A *specific* face? Uh...
I have a similar sort of pattern perception to you, as a fellow autistic. My brain seems to be pretty hit-or-miss when it comes to facial recognition, as most people look pretty generic to me. If they happen to look *particularly* distinct, though, I'll have a better time recognizing them. I also recognize familiar faces much more easily.
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I'm autistic and my facial recognition is eerily good. I can see an actor for a few seconds and then recognise them years later in something else at a glance, even if they look very different. I don't know why my brain is so good with that when it's so bad with a lot of other stuff! I also seem to experience more paredolia than the average person.
I am not on the spectrum, but get also confused with faces. When an actress has put up her hair in a new scene, I always have to ask my wife, if she's the one from before. In a restaurant with different waiters, I struggle to recognize the one who served us.
I absolutely love that you put Thom Yorke's face in there
I moved somewhere new for the first time in my life and for the first few weeks I saw my old friends' faces everywhere. I think exposure to more or new people also has something to do with Pareidolia. People who see new people more often probably don't recognise familiar faces as well as people who have a limited circle of seeing faces.
Watching this stoned and the timing for you mentioning the effect being weaker was perfect as I've looked at the rotating masks several times and seen the difference in sober vs high first-hand and was shocked that it was so easy to see through the illusion this time around 😅
One of the best videos I've ever seen on RUclips. Thank you for this.
7:20 The fact that you have to blue out the genitals of a classical Greek/Roman sculpture, or else (I assume) risk de-monetization makes me very, very sad.
I grew up in the 1990s, so I witnessed the dismantling of the old puritanical systems of censorship firsthand. To see how we've slowly slipped back into a culture of fear and repression is extremely depressing.
P.S. This is not a criticism of the video. I understand why you blurred the image. RUclips makes the rules and creators must follow them. The platform (and perhaps more importantly the cultural discourse it's responding to) is the real problem here.
I didn't come here to see a depiction of genitals (I'm generally quite sensitive when it comes to nudity or whatever) so I'm glad he censored it but I can understand where you're coming from.
Im so glad he censored it , glad dumb people like you are in power
@@gammaboost same
I mean this in the most compassionate respectful way possible, but isn't the human body something humans should be okay with?
I can understand if a person is upset by vulgarity, but this is literally high art. It's the most idealized possible version of the human form. If we're not comfortable with it, then we're not comfortable with ourselves (IMO).
@@ahobimo732 as someone who is not comfortable with myself, yes
Idk, but that video made me happy for some reason
0:16 imagine having a car like that except it also has the car horn sounding like the nerd sound effect
Omg that’s genius
There's that new TV ad for a smartphone that touts the phone's long battery life by showing an electrical outlet singing about how much it misses having the phone plugged into it to charge.
4:14 i was just wondering why it doesnt work and you had to call me out for being high aff
This was excellent. Entertaining, informative, well produced. I lost my chickens on "the holy Cheeto." That was hilarious.
4:55 you are incorrect, they are both still grotesque ;)
You're right
Damn it, you were here 6 months before me!
Bro the ambassador is so detailed it looks like someone photoshopped a bunch of photographs into one image
The hollow/ concave face illusion is also what’s used for the stone busts in Disney’s Haunted Mansion rides :D
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When a serious storm was brewing, I saw a cloud formation that resembled horses. I wonder if that sort of cloud appears frequently when a storm front moves in and gave people the idea of the horsemen f the apocalypse.
What I find really striking about Salvador Dali's painting is that the pareidolia is not just any old human, but so clearly good old Abraham Lincoln.
I took some hallucinogens during a few years of my life.
I have phosphenes since, even though I didn’t touched those for 10 years. So at night, I see colours and shapes, and if I focus on it it gets more and more details, sometimes creating complex scenes. Like one night there was rain falling in front of a street lamp, and I started seeing some movement like people walking, I started seeing shoes, then people walking in line. After there was more details, they were all in Victorian era clothes, and I saw buildings behind them with a beautiful architecture (a bit like gothic buildings). It was pretty cool.
I try to watch attentively because I can then try to think of what story might explain what’s happening there.
I consider it as a gift. It just happens if I focus on it, otherwise the phosphenes aren’t bothering.
EDIT : I totally forgot ! Thanks for the video, I’m always happy to see people talking about those subjects.
This happens to me and has always been a thing. I’ve never done drugs and I’m 29
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When I was a youngster (1950s), I used to press against my eyelids during those interminable sessions on the kneeler during Catholic Mass - not only did the images evolve, they seemed to evolve in much the same way each time I did it. Psychedelia when LSD was just an experimental drug in CIA labs......
May not be the past drug use
@@Eaglemadhatter True. I just feel I needed to add that precision because not telling about, as it seems to be a phenomenon enhanced since the drug use, would be dishonest.
Thank you for your comprehension. It's cool to see that the comments for now aren't judgemental or mean.
As an artist I love the Mona Lisa and rock face flip - great stuff.
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Disney uses this effect in thr Haunted Mansion ride for the busts in the library to make them appear as if they are following you :D
Weirdly enough, the backwards mask illusion actually seems to work better for me upside down. Right side up, it takes me a second to see it, but upside down I see it immediately.
Bonus fun fact: The word “emoticon” comes from a combination of “emotion” and “icon”, but the word “emoji” actually has a completely different origin. It comes from the Japanese 「絵文字」, with 「絵」 (e) meaning “picture”, and 「文字」 (moji) meaning “letter/character”. Until I found that out, I had always wondered what the deal was with all the non-face emojis.
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It’s great how you added a transcript
Most talks on pareidolia understandably focus on facial recognition, but I used to see all sorts of things including other creatures, objects, and geometric patterns. I believed they were clues, puzzles, and omens God had sent me to make sense of. I thought it was God's main method of communication with me. So, I would like to hear more about its effect on religious minds.
Same for me
Lol you loser get religious bc of patterns.
Oouh my brians tries to make senses of the world… I MUST BE CHOSEN ITS GOD NOT MY BRAIN!!
Imagen thinking and ending up with a god bc you cant get deeper gg
Weird that the effect is reduced by consumption of drugs like cannabis and alcohol, and by sleep deprivation. I'd think it would be the other way around. Psychedelics for example cause pareidolia to go crazy. You see faces everywhere. In your carpet, in trees, in the books in your bookshelf etc.
But hey, thats just a theory, a LIFE theory ! Thanks for watching !
Really nice work, wonderful video
8:22, no freaking way, is that the 's' thing that school students always draw, but on it's side? On the table cloth, right next to the dude' hand. But from the 16th century!
Humans after evolving for billions of years to develop some of the greatest pattern recognition in the world:
"Hmmm yes, this car is nerd emoji"
Recently, the place where you would see the mountain man, they put a structure that lets you see the mountain man once more.
I assume it's like a glass you can look through with the silhouette?
@@JosuhNo, the structure has like spires at different heights that have the details of the rocks on them that made the face.
I was shocked you didn’t bring up the works of Beverly Doolittle. Many of Her paintings are masterpieces at that. The first times I saw one of her prints on the wall behind the cashiers where I banked. All I saw was a gold miner and his pack mule going up a wilderness river. Then suddenly one day, as if scales fell from my eyes, I could see the indigenous faces surrounding him. It was stunning.
11:13 hes just a happy lil guy
Such a happi little guy
This changed my whole life
I love this. It was a long time before I realized the Ontario license plates I grew up surrounded by were mean to have the British crown silhouetted in the middle of the number code. I always read the icon as a desperately panicked little cartoon character dude looking downward with bug-eyes and frowning with three exposed jack-o-lantern-like teeth. I assumed the cross shape was some kind of head or hat antenna, or perhaps a single baby hair. I wondered for even longer why the Toronto district school board's logo appeared to have a backwards green crescent from the Pakistani flag on it, until I finally saw the 3D green apple in the negative space. If anyone looks up the Ontario license plate after reading this, I hope you can say "hi" to my poor nerveous bug-eyed buddy. Maybe he'll make you a safer driver. Once it click, you just can't unsee him.
At school, I saw a tree that looked like it had a face so I named it Tom. Me and Tom are good friends.
pareidolia is something I notice as a red flag for a rise in visual hallucinations and a likely uptick in other mania symptoms with Bipolar 1.
I also notice when pareidolia is heightened..... actual faces become distorted giving that "demon face" or "moving parts" effect.... sometimes I see faces in peoples faces, weird asf.
one other interesting connection I've noticed is how increased pareidolia seems to coincide with times when I'm not getting enough REM time and don't dream much in my sleep.
it feels like my dreams start seeping into my reality rather than the other way around..... deja vu and pareidolia also tend to uptick around the same time but not always.
Well we're humans so i dont think we need to be frightened of things we dont know because we arnt monkeys jumping at our own reflection. People just need to be more objective about new experiences not superstitious.
@@M-3-L-O-N fear of the unknown or unusual is probably what helped our species survive most as long as it has. being objective about whether or not you see a tigers face in the grass or a jaguars body in the trees could be deadly.
5:30 Wtf, I already knew It'd be Lincoln from those blocks alone. How is that even possible with such a degraded image?
Edit: Ah maybe I already saw this before but forgot. And apparently it is a thing ^^
Because one presumes you've been seeing pictures of Abraham Lincoln regularly your whole life and he had very distinctive facial structure and hair. The whole point of the exercise is that *most* people who know what Abraham Lincoln looked like are going to recognize him from those blocks. You don't need to have seen this particular blocky image before, you just know what Lincoln looks like.
Almost every picture of Abraham I've seen has been that picture so I recognized the pose and colors too
Wow . Absolute basics for artists and teachers. As some of each, I thank you!
16:50its not real and fake, it's intentional and unintentional
I absolutely have this. I see faces everywhere! Sometimes, I even take photos of random faces I see in various things. Sometimes other people see it too, sometimes they don't. I love it. It feels like an innocent little secret or mystery that only I know. 😊
Idk why but... my hallucination of seeing objects with faces kinda got me into watching BFDI.
8:09 Wait, I remember this painting for having possibly one of the first ever instances of the cool S...
Growing up I always saw faces in almost every mundane object you could think of, I wasn't aware until a few years ago that the condition was called Pareidolia until my mid forties..... I'm now 52... my friends at school thought I was nuts, when I would point out such things just as the video portrays.... good video.
17:10 is this loss?
Why the fuck did i have to scroll so much to finally find someone talking about that, im at a _loss_ for words.