Pareidolia: Seeing Faces in Things

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  • čas přidán 21. 09. 2023
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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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  • @Cheebui4809
    @Cheebui4809 Před 8 měsíci +3498

    The Ambassador's painting's hidden skull was really the origin for Gen Z humor

    • @vectoralphaAI
      @vectoralphaAI Před 8 měsíci +267

      It also contains the Universal S symbol.

    • @pyropulseIXXI
      @pyropulseIXXI Před 8 měsíci +180

      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."

    • @jonashassel5404
      @jonashassel5404 Před 8 měsíci

      🚀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/CZcams 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." 📩❤

    • @RodrigoTheHappyDog
      @RodrigoTheHappyDog Před 8 měsíci +66

      ​@@pyropulseIXXI2010s is not exactly OG internet

    • @PixelsPolygonsNPetrichor
      @PixelsPolygonsNPetrichor Před 8 měsíci +7

      ​@@RodrigoTheHappyDog1997 to now I think

  • @maya993
    @maya993 Před 8 měsíci +1157

    I love how this flipped between the most banger artworks you'll ever see and a distressed egg.

    • @Darvobek
      @Darvobek Před 8 měsíci +10

      ​@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist4Some book says a thing. Why should we care what some book says?

    • @Hatchet1
      @Hatchet1 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@Darvobeklol he deleted it

  • @thecalamityseaotter
    @thecalamityseaotter Před 8 měsíci +43

    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"

  • @LieutenantTheJackal
    @LieutenantTheJackal Před 8 měsíci +148

    As an Autistic person, I experience a lot of Pareidolia. I often see faces formed by the grills and headlights on cars.

    • @gammaboost
      @gammaboost Před 8 měsíci +33

      I'm surprised not many other people generally mention cars looking like faces, I thought it was pretty obvious

    • @NeurodivergentSuperiority
      @NeurodivergentSuperiority Před 8 měsíci +29

      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

    • @MyNameJeff00
      @MyNameJeff00 Před 8 měsíci

      Hell yeah lol

    • @antman5474
      @antman5474 Před 7 měsíci +12

      It works the other way round too.
      I used to have a work colleague who reminded me of a 2007 Skoda Octavia in beige.

    • @TheSpaceOctopus
      @TheSpaceOctopus Před 6 měsíci

      those are my favorite ones@@gammaboost

  • @gh0stgarbage
    @gh0stgarbage Před 8 měsíci +2015

    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)

    • @Sundji
      @Sundji Před 8 měsíci +178

      I have ADHD and I certainly feel like I "see faces" in things more often than others

    • @cof...
      @cof... Před 8 měsíci +157

      Being neurodivergent is one hell of a drug

    • @ThreeletterIGN
      @ThreeletterIGN Před 8 měsíci +77

      I have aspergers and there’s an ostrich on my closet pls help

    • @apolloisnotashirt
      @apolloisnotashirt Před 8 měsíci +8

      As a socially inept person where nay I acquire this?

    • @TheSpecialJ11
      @TheSpecialJ11 Před 8 měsíci +57

      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.

  • @greenteadude8958
    @greenteadude8958 Před 8 měsíci +858

    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

    • @kirankennedy5256
      @kirankennedy5256 Před 8 měsíci +14

      same here. still have it

    • @Hero_My_Beloved
      @Hero_My_Beloved Před 8 měsíci +12

      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.

    • @GameyRaccoon
      @GameyRaccoon Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@Hero_My_Belovedjesus christ get a life

    • @laserfoxpro
      @laserfoxpro Před 8 měsíci +6

      @@Hero_My_Belovedwait her second name is holiday???

    • @Hero_My_Beloved
      @Hero_My_Beloved Před 8 měsíci

      @@laserfoxpro 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 :)

  • @Saturos02
    @Saturos02 Před 8 měsíci +151

    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.

  • @Real_Potato_Man
    @Real_Potato_Man Před 8 měsíci +27

    "Hey evolution, can i have a pattern seeking brain?"
    "To avoid predators?"
    "Yes..."

    • @Stuffgamer1
      @Stuffgamer1 Před 8 měsíci +4

      The way he just didn't even acknowledge the Loss in the script...well done.

  • @Bonzi1nho
    @Bonzi1nho Před 8 měsíci +484

    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

    • @maddiesmenagerie8853
      @maddiesmenagerie8853 Před 8 měsíci +22

      It’s quite unfortunate that we use the same powers for evil and overgeneralization all too often.

    • @godisrealgoddamnit
      @godisrealgoddamnit Před 8 měsíci +11

      @@maddiesmenagerie8853 Even that is still magnificent in my opinion . Even the evil and mean spirited are fascinating beings although they're not necessarily likeable .

    • @crunchysugar
      @crunchysugar Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@godisrealgoddamnit Grow up

    • @godisrealgoddamnit
      @godisrealgoddamnit Před 5 měsíci

      Ok?@@crunchysugar

    • @DARKAURA999.
      @DARKAURA999. Před 5 měsíci +3

      ​@@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.

  • @Aster_Risk
    @Aster_Risk Před 8 měsíci +212

    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!

    • @nyancat8828
      @nyancat8828 Před 8 měsíci +3

      I do that too! I saw a bear face on the shower curtain once so I took a photo of it :)

    • @Brainsore.
      @Brainsore. Před 8 měsíci +4

      Super cute!

    • @AGKyran
      @AGKyran Před 8 měsíci +3

      It do it too ! Sometimes I even draw on the photo to outline what I see.
      I find it interesting.

    • @spulwasser
      @spulwasser Před 5 měsíci +1

      For me it's the strongest with floors that have a wood pattern🤯 faces everywhere °~°

  • @floatixx
    @floatixx Před 8 měsíci +90

    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!

  • @thecatherd
    @thecatherd Před 7 měsíci +73

    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.

    • @TheSpaceOctopus
      @TheSpaceOctopus Před 6 měsíci +1

      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

    • @thecatherd
      @thecatherd Před 6 měsíci +2

      @@TheSpaceOctopus 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.

    • @katiehorneshaw995
      @katiehorneshaw995 Před 5 měsíci

      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.

  • @Nvshvil
    @Nvshvil Před 8 měsíci +145

    4:58 actually both pictures are pretty grotesque

  • @Mayadanava
    @Mayadanava Před 8 měsíci +327

    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.

    • @bootblacking
      @bootblacking Před 8 měsíci +51

      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.

    • @LineOfThy
      @LineOfThy Před 8 měsíci +27

      @@bootblackingDogs and humans co evolved to become friendlier because it benefited both sides

    • @Leto_0
      @Leto_0 Před 8 měsíci +15

      ​@@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.

    • @Whydoiexisthere-
      @Whydoiexisthere- Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@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!

    • @ghostmantagshome-er6pb
      @ghostmantagshome-er6pb Před 8 měsíci

      @bootblacking. That's what they meant.

  • @get_stached
    @get_stached Před 8 měsíci +8

    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.

  • @Nutchel
    @Nutchel Před 5 měsíci +7

    11:13 hes just a happy lil guy

  • @Thrustmaster64
    @Thrustmaster64 Před 8 měsíci +47

    Just so you know, Gala contemplating the Mediterranean sea is about 2.5m tall, not 30m. That would be outrageous, egregious, preposterous!

    • @duncanclarke
      @duncanclarke  Před 8 měsíci +33

      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."

    • @tentativeentertainment3363
      @tentativeentertainment3363 Před 8 měsíci +10

      😂 lolll that's kinda funny but great video don't stress about it boss 🙏

  • @abraxasjinx5207
    @abraxasjinx5207 Před 8 měsíci +67

    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!

  • @SOSBOY4EVER
    @SOSBOY4EVER Před 8 měsíci +11

    6:04 that painting is awesome, thanks for mentioning it, I could’ve gone my whole life without knowing about that.

  • @NickAndriadze
    @NickAndriadze Před 5 měsíci +3

    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.

  • @Timmytamtam
    @Timmytamtam Před 8 měsíci +51

    It’s all fun and games till you see faces while starting into the dark

    • @djhardcorehengst6356
      @djhardcorehengst6356 Před 8 měsíci +1

      I dont like it 😢

    • @W0B0N
      @W0B0N Před 8 měsíci +2

      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.

    • @gammaboost
      @gammaboost Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@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.

    • @chrismclean4789
      @chrismclean4789 Před 8 měsíci

      @@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

    • @-RXB-
      @-RXB- Před měsícem

      ​​​@@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.

  • @hebedite4865
    @hebedite4865 Před 8 měsíci +341

    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)

    • @BRACE_The_Ace
      @BRACE_The_Ace Před 8 měsíci +43

      This!
      It sucks that there's so much misinformation & stereotypes about us

    • @trybunt
      @trybunt Před 8 měsíci +29

      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

    • @gh0stgarbage
      @gh0stgarbage Před 8 měsíci +37

      @@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.

    • @BlackRose-rp7kv
      @BlackRose-rp7kv Před 8 měsíci

      ⁠@@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

    • @goatpepperherbaltea7895
      @goatpepperherbaltea7895 Před 8 měsíci

      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😂

  • @longer647
    @longer647 Před 8 měsíci +2

    This is a brilliant video! Absolutely hands down the best essay video about a topic I’ve watched. I’m well impressed

  • @dash_user
    @dash_user Před 8 měsíci +56

    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

    • @tasteful_cartoon
      @tasteful_cartoon Před 8 měsíci +1

      i just came for the funi faces on pancakes, now I'm still baffled by the masks facing frontward AND frontward.

  • @Yipper64
    @Yipper64 Před 8 měsíci +13

    11:25 I still cant believe that by sheer coincidence that fire alarm had the caption "this is a meme from the future"

    • @mranderson380
      @mranderson380 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Actually it didnt, the caption was added later on.

  • @DavidJ.Rivers-ln4bw
    @DavidJ.Rivers-ln4bw Před 8 měsíci +2

    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.

  • @Jolis_Parsec
    @Jolis_Parsec Před 8 měsíci +33

    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.

    • @socialgutbrain7774
      @socialgutbrain7774 Před 8 měsíci +4

      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

    • @gabrielv.4358
      @gabrielv.4358 Před 8 měsíci

      lkadsfsdfjdsfflkasdf

  • @jesusramirez2812
    @jesusramirez2812 Před 8 měsíci +19

    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.

  • @everywhereattheendofemilyp7488
    @everywhereattheendofemilyp7488 Před 8 měsíci +18

    4:55 you are incorrect, they are both still grotesque ;)

  • @retroseventy
    @retroseventy Před 8 měsíci +1

    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!

  • @thecreaturecollectivesyste7557
    @thecreaturecollectivesyste7557 Před 8 měsíci +45

    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

  • @nonebun1880
    @nonebun1880 Před 8 měsíci +60

    0:39 jshlat

  • @no.1appastan
    @no.1appastan Před 8 měsíci +8

    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

    • @jonashassel5404
      @jonashassel5404 Před 8 měsíci

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  • @ppwipi
    @ppwipi Před 8 měsíci +1

    It’s hard to find enjoyable videos on CZcams anymore, and I multitask while watching videos, but I stopped everything I was doing and watched all the way through. This was really interesting

  • @kimberlypatton205
    @kimberlypatton205 Před 8 měsíci +26

    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!

  • @gorld397
    @gorld397 Před 8 měsíci +21

    This was really well done. Nice work man!

  • @BeastonKing
    @BeastonKing Před 8 měsíci +10

    Woah, didn't expect to see my face there at the center at 4:36

  • @nickjassoiii
    @nickjassoiii Před 4 dny

    Amazing channel🎉 keep up the amazing work friend!

  • @vindi167
    @vindi167 Před 8 měsíci +25

    0:16 imagine having a car like that except it also has the car horn sounding like the nerd sound effect

  • @PlasmaDoge
    @PlasmaDoge Před 8 měsíci +30

    1:06 uh the music notes do get a bit quirky at night

  • @jamiel6005
    @jamiel6005 Před 8 měsíci +10

    6:40 why is this hysterical. how it feels to get overstimulated at the store. how it feels when you smoke too much weed

  • @lancebon2931
    @lancebon2931 Před 8 měsíci +9

    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.

    • @gammaboost
      @gammaboost Před 8 měsíci +2

      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.

  • @arcanine_enjoyer
    @arcanine_enjoyer Před 8 měsíci +9

    4:20 "Oh I can barely see it"
    *"It also happens to people with sleep deprivation"*
    "Well that explains it"

  • @camdaviesav
    @camdaviesav Před 8 měsíci +17

    really well written. that conclusion was excellent 💖

  • @Caize_
    @Caize_ Před 8 měsíci +4

    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.

  • @Americanoligarchy
    @Americanoligarchy Před 5 měsíci +1

    One of the best videos I've ever seen on CZcams. Thank you for this.

  • @moderndavinci6599
    @moderndavinci6599 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I have no joke to say. This video was amazingly insightful.

  • @KapHead0310
    @KapHead0310 Před 8 měsíci +16

    Therapists: A Hotel with a face isn't real. It won't hurt you.
    The building: 0:21

  • @robinpunter4377
    @robinpunter4377 Před 5 měsíci +16

    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.

    • @g.n.s.153
      @g.n.s.153 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Yes...? That's what they said at the start of the video.

    • @robinpunter4377
      @robinpunter4377 Před 5 měsíci +3

      @g.n.s.153 It was more a comment on the title of the video, " seeing faces in things".

  • @dhillaz
    @dhillaz Před 8 měsíci +19

    I'm not particularly skilled at appreciating art, but I can confirm 8:20 is a certified banger

  • @junebuggy240
    @junebuggy240 Před 6 měsíci

    My man, a deep dive into the sound theory iceberg would be just the thing. Good stuff

  • @4Beats4Me
    @4Beats4Me Před 5 měsíci

    Wow . Absolute basics for artists and teachers. As some of each, I thank you!

  • @cz538
    @cz538 Před 5 měsíci +5

    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.

    • @LKammui
      @LKammui Před 5 měsíci

      Explain further... 😶‍🌫️

    • @-RXB-
      @-RXB- Před měsícem

      ​@@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.

  • @PascalGienger
    @PascalGienger Před 7 měsíci +4

    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.

  • @ThunderboltWisdom
    @ThunderboltWisdom Před 8 měsíci

    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. :⁠-⁠)

  • @goatpepperherbaltea7895
    @goatpepperherbaltea7895 Před 8 měsíci

    Wonderful video please make more! I love thinking about all the different onions that may have grown inside of onions over the years. There’s a chance there’s been an onions throughout history to where if you cut it just right, you’ll see a portrait of yourself and I think that’s swag

  • @callie2917
    @callie2917 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Bro really explained the “squint ur eyes” meme for us

  • @chickensmack
    @chickensmack Před 7 měsíci +5

    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.

  • @CIS101
    @CIS101 Před 7 měsíci

    This is almost common knowledge, but this video is a great presentation with so many great examples.

  • @Charlescarder
    @Charlescarder Před 5 měsíci

    It’s great how you added a transcript

  • @gravngel
    @gravngel Před 6 měsíci +3

    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

  • @nikims_
    @nikims_ Před 8 měsíci +10

    4:14 i was just wondering why it doesnt work and you had to call me out for being high aff

  • @misael22
    @misael22 Před 8 měsíci

    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.

  • @DrDIYhax
    @DrDIYhax Před 5 měsíci

    Great work 👏 ❤

  • @TheKtri
    @TheKtri Před 8 měsíci +3

    Amazing video as always.
    I will recommend the pieces from Pablo Bernasconi, he takes advantage of pareidolia in very clever ways.

  • @togu_mak245
    @togu_mak245 Před 8 měsíci +11

    is like that twitter picture of the cats that spell gay sex

  • @marianne95
    @marianne95 Před 8 měsíci +2

    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.

  • @jjharson7344
    @jjharson7344 Před 5 měsíci

    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.

  • @azloii9781
    @azloii9781 Před 8 měsíci +4

    As a kid I unknowingly created a whole lore between the plugs in my house that looked like faces

  • @salamanderqueen4351
    @salamanderqueen4351 Před 8 měsíci +6

    The hollow/ concave face illusion is also what’s used for the stone busts in Disney’s Haunted Mansion rides :D
    🔥🔥💀 THE HIDDEN SKULL 💀🔥🔥

  • @thomasbordelon4149
    @thomasbordelon4149 Před 8 měsíci

    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.

  • @JonathanLit
    @JonathanLit Před 8 měsíci

    I absolutely love that you put Thom Yorke's face in there

  • @pinkskyatnight6569
    @pinkskyatnight6569 Před 8 měsíci +5

    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 😅

  • @amethystclouds
    @amethystclouds Před 8 měsíci +3

    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.

  • @AlishaArlene
    @AlishaArlene Před 5 měsíci +1

    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. 😊

    • @kootunesscrewy
      @kootunesscrewy Před 5 měsíci

      Idk why but... my hallucination of seeing objects with faces kinda got me into watching BFDI.

  • @Zeynooooo61
    @Zeynooooo61 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Idk, but that video made me happy for some reason

  • @TheUltima_Werewolf
    @TheUltima_Werewolf Před 8 měsíci +9

    1:50
    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

  • @Yipper64
    @Yipper64 Před 8 měsíci +40

    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?

    • @cheddarcheezit2647
      @cheddarcheezit2647 Před 8 měsíci +7

      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...

    • @socialgutbrain7774
      @socialgutbrain7774 Před 8 měsíci +3

      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.

    • @GeorgiaGeorgette
      @GeorgiaGeorgette Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@socialgutbrain7774
      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.

    • @alexanderpoplawski577
      @alexanderpoplawski577 Před 5 měsíci +1

      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.

  • @evilocomments
    @evilocomments Před 5 měsíci +1

    Watching this while extremely tired and also after a glass of wine I was really like "well... they kinda do look inverted to me, I don't see the trick". Then I heard what you said about sleep deprivation and alcohol consumption, now it makes sense 😅

  • @milomakesstuff2019
    @milomakesstuff2019 Před 8 měsíci +2

    I think I have some sort of form this and it actually really helps me with my cartoon art. I mostly create art in which I bring objects to life.

  • @ahobimo732
    @ahobimo732 Před 8 měsíci +28

    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. CZcams 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.

    • @gammaboost
      @gammaboost Před 8 měsíci +1

      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.

    • @HyperDevv
      @HyperDevv Před 8 měsíci

      Im so glad he censored it , glad dumb people like you are in power

    • @bubblegumCrystal
      @bubblegumCrystal Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@gammaboost same

    • @ahobimo732
      @ahobimo732 Před 8 měsíci +5

      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).

    • @gammaboost
      @gammaboost Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@ahobimo732 as someone who is not comfortable with myself, yes

  • @Notapizzathief
    @Notapizzathief Před 5 měsíci +4

    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!

  • @CameramenD
    @CameramenD Před 8 měsíci

    This changed my whole life

  • @Die4Gesichter
    @Die4Gesichter Před 8 měsíci

    "[…] humans are not separate from nature we're woven into it" - very nice final sentence, bravo Vince

  • @Jahu-qs2us
    @Jahu-qs2us Před 8 měsíci +16

    17:10 is this loss?

    • @OpinionThief
      @OpinionThief Před 8 měsíci +8

      Why the fuck did i have to scroll so much to finally find someone talking about that, im at a _loss_ for words.

  • @tom_4615
    @tom_4615 Před 8 měsíci +5

    4:58 actually I find both images pretty grotesque tbh

  • @Blobatu
    @Blobatu Před 8 měsíci

    Really nice work, wonderful video

  • @balltze8787
    @balltze8787 Před 6 měsíci

    Yo real talk the ending gave me chills

  • @JuandeFucaU
    @JuandeFucaU Před 8 měsíci +11

    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.

    • @melon9680
      @melon9680 Před 5 měsíci

      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.

    • @JuandeFucaU
      @JuandeFucaU Před 5 měsíci

      @@melon9680 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.

  • @AGKyran
    @AGKyran Před 8 měsíci +13

    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.

    • @jasminedakota3958
      @jasminedakota3958 Před 8 měsíci +5

      This happens to me and has always been a thing. I’ve never done drugs and I’m 29

    • @gabrielv.4358
      @gabrielv.4358 Před 8 měsíci

      what the f

    • @lesnyk255
      @lesnyk255 Před 8 měsíci +1

      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......

    • @Eaglemadhatter
      @Eaglemadhatter Před 8 měsíci +2

      May not be the past drug use

    • @AGKyran
      @AGKyran Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@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.

  • @kexcz8276
    @kexcz8276 Před 8 měsíci

    So random video with so true informations being so interesting! 😄🧡

  • @theawesomer
    @theawesomer Před 7 měsíci

    Fantastic video, Duncan!

  • @sodapone
    @sodapone Před 8 měsíci +5

    8:09 Wait, I remember this painting for having possibly one of the first ever instances of the cool S...

  • @viddog6457
    @viddog6457 Před 8 měsíci +3

    7:44 just learned about him in Spanish class, very rad

  • @NathanC35
    @NathanC35 Před 8 měsíci +2

    I think the real difference between the painting and the natural formation being "real" and "illusory" would come down to interntion. The face painted is representative of a face due in part to the intention of the painter, while that natural formation would come down to erosion or other natural factors. So the illusion is there, but the reality of the face in the painting is more profound because a thinking mind placed it there

  • @dymaxion3988
    @dymaxion3988 Před 6 měsíci +2

    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.

  • @alanna2004
    @alanna2004 Před 5 měsíci +3

    15:04 are you winning son?

  • @SirMaximus919
    @SirMaximus919 Před 8 měsíci +25

    0:46 i dont see it

  • @mattiazanni3086
    @mattiazanni3086 Před 5 měsíci

    I'm glad I finally have answers as to why i see faces in just about anything

  • @mouavekonetwothree2412
    @mouavekonetwothree2412 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Bro i can literally see faces in rusted metals and chipped stones like how tf...?