Saturday, November 14, 2009

What is the term for finding something familiar (like a face) in chaos?

ie- seeing jesus in a slice of bread, etc.

What is the term for finding something familiar (like a face) in chaos?
It's called pareidolia.
Reply:imaging...
Reply:strangeness
Reply:"Unsupervised pattern recognition" is the only term I can think of.





EDIT:


The term "synchronicity" might apply here as well.


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