Pareidolia: Why People Keep Seeing Crazy Stuff on Mars
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2015
- Why do people supposedly see a woman in pictures sent from Mars by the Curiosity Rover? For the same reason that people see Pepe the Frog in their toast, or Jesus in a tortilla: a phenomenon known as pareidolia.
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Rorschach looks like Brad Pitt. Immortal aliens confirmed.
Nolan Thiessen Damn beat me to it. I was going to say "I think you mean Brad Pitt"
Exactly what I was thinking.
lol same
yeah holy shit HOT AS FUCK! and smart
yeah the resemblance is uncanny. think Pitt on 12 years a slave. btw i saw a pelvis bone on the inkblot test
0:11 i see two bears high-fiving
same 😂😂
i see what you did there
Zeppelans I see two elephants climbing a weird pillar o_0
***** oh well i never liked NV anyway, i must have left it before the thing he's referencing happened.
Zeppelans Ma man ;^)
Pareidolia makes things very interesting for art. What I like to do is stare at paper until I see creatures in the inconsistencies of the paper. Gotten some really cool stuff like that.
And this is why some believe in God, and kids have invisible friends
+MarkFilipAnthony Actually, that's an interesting thing: kids who have imaginary friends generally don't actually believe their friends are real. They know and willingly admit they're just pretending if asked. It's only the adults who think their imaginary friends are real...
+IceMetalPunk Yet people who believe in God, do think he exists. By this logic, children are smarter then a person in a religion.
Sonicbolt
At least in terms of knowing what's real and what's not...yes, yes they are. People are taught to believe in things that don't make sense; they're not born believing. There was another study recently which showed that children raised in a home who were taught that supernatural stories were true had a much harder time discerning reality from fantasy than those who weren't.
Lack of information can be cured through education; misinformation is much harder to fix.
What was the point of this comment?
Just to start an argument?
x Whales
Or perhaps he was just noting a consequence of the video's topic?
The pyramid and crab are more credible than the woman.
+1javixD Crab could be like an aztec type sun symbol really deteriorated as well
+Robert W lolz both are examples of pareidolia and not actually legitimate in any sort of way... this video stated exactly that. there are no crabs on Mars or carvings of crabs, no faces, no faery women, no pyramids...
Also the random light if you've seen that one. Think there's more to this than meets the eye myself
My explanation:
People are stupid 😬
Confirmed.
100%
exactly, don't trust that tree outside, hint...its not really a tree, just looks like it....
+CSmyth89 It started from human ancestors, who are basically stupid to begin with during the dinosaur era. That's the reason why they got shamans and witch doctors and stuffs in the first place. And sadly this traditions is passed down to future descendents and gained mythical properties over the centuries.
Vincent Jack No. That's a very elitist & backwards view, no.
Wait so then is Rorschach looking like Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves looking like a bunch of people from history, etc. forms of pareidolia, as in they can be explained as the brain trying to identify the face and matching it with what it already knows, almost like "meh, close enough."
gokucrazy22 I think the historical figures thing is more due to the fact that there is a limited (though large) number of combinations of possible facial features. We're bound to start repeating at some point.
+Freakazette Asians may have some insight in this theory
gokucrazy22 ouch, lol I know all whites and blacks look the same, I can't tell the difference between an Australian/British/white Americans. I meant my original comment as a joke, sorry if it offended you.
TheAlmightyCon No, I should be apologizing. I was in a really bad mood caused by a bunch of racist people online. I really hope I didn't hurt you in any way (this is not sarcastic I swear)
Reading Stein but i'm not kurisu
The pyramid looks pretty legit though. Like look at it, its at least a triangular shape.
KOlonel Illuminati Mars base.
+T Mack now I start to worry...lol
That's kind of what happens when something with a roughly straight edge casts a shadow.
+KOlonel ans its half a meter tall........and a normal rock
It *looks* . You said it all. As was indirectly pointed out in the video, our brains are and will be fallible at translating external stimuli to inside the closed "box" they're in.
In that photo from Mars I just saw a happy alligator :)
G-Pan
Then we saw the same thing.
Worst thing is, now I cannot un-see it...
So did I
I thought it was just me with the alligator. The "fairy" kind of reminded me of fairy size twins in the old Godzilla movies... If you squint.
cannot....unsee.....
G-Pan Aw, I see it now and it is cute. :)
"Like seeing Pepe the Frog in a piece of toast..." best quote from this channel yet.
Hank, could you explain what the crab formation on mars could be? It would make sense it is a rock formation but all the other rocks look very similar when compared to the circular shape of that object. Thank you.
"I love humans. Always seeing patterns in things that aren't there." ~The Doctor
2:15 for a moment I thought that Hank said "Chinese and comedian researchers".
well meme'd pepe
Don't let your memes be dreams
+_MaZ_ JUST DO IT!
Fuck off you normie
Thank you! Sharing this everywhere. I try to explain it and people don't believe me. You're way better at explaining it than I am.
Awesome video with an awesome explanation. This video is a perfect example for why I subscribe.
That crab thing is still pretty convincing :p
This is why all adults should grow OUT of their imaginary friend stage. Not cling into it into adulthood and convince their children and peers their imaginary friend exists.
It's Mars... there's nobody there! (yet...)
This is crazy cool. I often sit in the park and just look at a patch of grass and I can see so many things within the blades, so many different faces, animals and objects. It's kinda like constant cloud watching, it sometimes gets quite dangerous when I see things while I'm walking about London. it's a part of my brain that I can't turn off so it's sometimes creepy as hell when it's dark and I see things in the shadows. My mates thought I was crazy for so long.
Really wonderful information.
So, if people are seeing "Crazy Stuff on Mars", does that mean people who see religious imagery on Toast/Cinnamon Buns are also "Crazy"??? :o
The human consciousness is such a buggy software.
I am always thankful how nonjudgemental you are (or are in your videos I should say) about peoples' beliefs. Beliefs can help people cope with the heavy realities of life - those who have seen what horrific acts humans can easily do, those who are traumatized by violence or accidents, and those who have suffered great loss as examples. Lots of troll-bait out there will insult peoples' belief, even those who are passive believers not shoving the matter into anyone's 'face'. Secondly, I always get a big thrill when I see another SciShow viddy notification!! Love this show. Can you do one on epigenetics and the latest research news of epigenetics? xoxoxoxoxo you make a sick nerdy girl happy either way.
Idk guys but 'The Woman on Mars' seems like a great book idea.
so in other word, believing in the supernatural make you more gullible....
No.
That One Amiibo Hoarder care to explain why it's a "no"? the experiment in the video basically say "yes"
***** Did you bother to actually read the experiment itself, review the data, see where they were drawing their test pool and what they used as a control group, etc? I haven't myself, however if you haven't either, then you can't say that the "experiment" says yes, only that the video is telling you that the experiment concluded as such. If you don't look into the experiment itself, as well as its methodology, then you really can't say what the experiment concludes, only what the video (which is separate from the experiment) is telling you it concludes. I hypothesize that believing what people tell you about the results of an experiment, without actually looking into the experiment yourself, makes you more gullible.....
For the record I don't believe in the supernatural.
Brent Davila actually i did read the experiment cited by the video, and it's exactly what hank explained it.. believing in the supernatural apparently make your brain more susceptible in seeing things that is not there because your brain just simple accept that there is a person when it is told a person was there (activating face recognition part of your brain call FFA) and looking for said person, and if your brain cant find it, it do what it does best.. make things up.. resulting you see things that isnt there.
so yeah, you can draw conclusion that believing in supernatural would make you more gullible.
btw, if you havnt read it, i highly suggest that you do, it's very interesting stuff.
***** Good on ya mate! More people should actually look into the research behind the "headlines" like you have ^_^
it looks more like a penguin not a women___
Penguins were a creation of the illuminati, illuminati confirmed
***** PENGUINS ARE ALIENS! IT ALL MAKES SENSE. Mars is a very cold planet making sense why they would be in the colder parts of our world. oh and some religious shit too or something.
You have proven yourself worthy by the completion the cryptic cipher you've been presented, you are now illuminated, and consequently now part of the illuminati.
Hannah Sioco it’s a d***
I was totally expecting a jump scare when he was zooming in on the picture
I have watched almost 70% of your videos, and:
1. Your knowledge is so big that it starts to confuse me know.
2. Thank you, nice vids.
3. You fast talking actually saves me a lot of time.
4 to 10: I'm gonna email you to tell.
nymph? there are sex addicts on mars!? :P
Gregory Barber sigh too much porn
Panzermeister36 or not enough! :P
Gregory Barber You're thinking of nymphos, or more accurately, nymphomaniacs. Assuming you're being serious, it's not exactly easy for me to tell.
OptimusPhillip well I always live and hope that there are nymphomaniacs on another planet.. don't judge me! :P
I see Pepe the Frog in my toast, is there something wrong with rare pepe's in my toast?
My goodness, i was reading this early in the morning and read: "Pedophilia: Why People..."
And I completely freaked out
I love your Channel!! 🙃
WHAT IS LUCID DREAMING (ASTRAL PROJECTION) AND WHY DO SOME PEOPLE DO IT
Lucid dreaming is regular dreaming with the exception that you are conscious and in control.
Astral projection is the purported ability to manifest oneself in another's sensory imput, and is unsupported as a claim.
Lucid dreaming is not a thing but also is it is when you know your in a dream and can do whatever you want
Not Total Opposites Lucid dreaming have nothing to do with astral projection. Lucid Dreaming is where some one is able to be aware of they are dreaming. Astral projection is where people believe they can travel to other places by thought.
Lucid Dreaming is real, astral projection is not.
Not Total Opposites
I think they already have a vid on lucid dreams.
+Nilguiri I can second this
jesus shaped cloud is now confirmed to be not jesus
Words can't describe how awesome this video is.
Great video!
3:50 Confirmed that religious people are more likely to be delusional. Science!
Confirmed that atheists are 1000% more likely to be dicks about religion than normal people
cortster12 No, it's that their higher, more complex functions of the brain are more active than those who are not. Therefore on that basis, those who are religious exercise their complex brain functions more often and are therefore neurally superior to those who are not.
In other words, You're dumber. Science!
TheWulf899 seeing shit that isn't there doesn't make you smarter, it makes you delusional.
TheWulf899 My point was they want to believe that the random faces they see are real signs of things, and so they do, unlike when atheists see faces and understand it is our brain playing 'tricks' on us.
+cortster12 Confirmed that Atheist scientists now claim religious people are delusional. There's a surprise
I am insulted, that was me on Mars and I am not a woman
I applaud you for remaining impartial on this subject.
Thank you Scishow. i now have a name for the game I play when I try to spot faces in carpet :-D
BTW I've never understood why religious people are ridiculed for finding sanctity in random patterns which resemble holy figures. Many denominations use paintings to represent the divine. These images are treated with respect, even though they tend to be man-made and generally aren't miraculous, unnatural portals to heaven. They are just colorful substances arranged in a certain pattern. What if this pattern has been arranged as a result of a random natural phenomenon, rather than a purposeful human action? I don't think this necessarily makes it unfit for religious practices. Quite the opposite - as a culture, we tend to ascribe greater value to rare, unlikely natural phenomena (most of the nature is actually gross, scary or boring). If a natural monument can be considered beautiful, then it can also be considered sacred.
TapOnX They aren't ridiculed for finding sanctity in random patterns. They ARE often ridiculed for incorrectly assigning intention to random patterns.
Elitistb616
That depends, random appearance of such an image isn't always interpreted as an expression of particular deific will. Besides, the concept of divine intent tends to be very broad. If contemplating the divine causes people to interpret these patterns in a way which provokes greater observance of religious customs, you could say that the phenomenon (or its spiritual interpretation) matches the divine will.
"random appearance of such an image isn't always interpreted as an expression of particular deific will"
Which does not qualify for pareidolia and is thus tangential to this discussion.
Mm such Rare Mars Pepe
One time after I had major surgery they put me on some of the strongest painkillers they have. Like, just a constant IV drip (it was a major incision and removal of bone) and as you might imagine I was incredibly out of it. I remember I'd just get locked up in the smallest details and if someone else wasn't present I'd often just sit there in my own little world for hours on end. And in doing so I remember I spent A LONG time just staring at the tiling of my room and making out hundreds of faces/shapes in the random shapes in the marbling.
I only bring this up because as a normal, everyday, non-doped up individual I've never done this, nor am I prone to seeing impossible stuff where it doesn't exist. And yet, when my brain was reduced to a more primitive state it occupied a vast part of my time. Seeming to suggest to me that this "mental desire to find familiar features" is deeply ingrained on a very basic level. And it just depends on how our conscious, thinking brain operates whether we give these thoughts credence or not.
That first Rorschach image totally looks like a tarantula. It's got the big fuzzy mouth parts on top and their funny little two front not-legs, and then the first two pairs of legs are pointing diagonally upward and sideways, and the last two pairs of legs are touching its abdomen. It's even got a point for the spinnerets on the bottom
Wait... M-memes...? In this vid, said by a NORMIE!?!
Of course it's not actually a woman, they are all on Venus.
Really good video!
I have a photo stored on a hard drive that's of an arborvita tree which appears to have the face of the Green Man. It's one tree out of a boarder of trees in a windbreak.
Always found that photo so fascinating!
>like seeing pepe the frog in a piece of toast
NORMIES GET OUT
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Does SciShow ever plan episodes to come out at the same time as other educational shows?
BrainCraft released an episode 3 hours ago that talked about Rorschach images and AI, and now you start an episode with Rorschachs!
I'm so stoked!
a good example of this in cars is the australian au model falcon. the headlights were shaped so that if you percieved a face in the car, it looked sad. this led to a lowering of sales when compared to its competitor - the holden commodore.
skeptics guide introduced me to this concept. glad its being covered here as well.
That's some interesting stuff!
Years and years ago when I was a child of about five or six, I was convinced that I saw frightening faces in the pattern of our living room curtains. Later I learned that they were just ugly curtains.
I would also like to know "Why People Keep Seeing Ghosts of Mars" because it is, frankly, amongst John Carpenter's worst films.
I guess this is the same reason ancient aliens "theorists" see airplanes in gold trinkets and light bulbs, helicopters in Egyptian hieroglyphs. But what makes them think "yeah, aliens would fly helicopters, sure"?
But they found Egyptian light bulbs so idk
they be yelling ALIENS ALIENS EVERYWHERE
Perceiving the outside world correctly is just a special case of pareidolia.
Ridiculously good looking Rorschach is ridiculous..
It's like when Facebook tries to get you to tag a tree. Our recognition software is off!
I swear almost everything I see like clouds and cracks on walls and other objects which have lines running through them I always see pictures like animals.
I _need_ an episode on the berenstain bears paradox.
Google's neural networks aren't immune to this either. This is what make Deapdream images so beautiful.
It's like how you see clouds!! Am I right?
Hank is by far the best science presenter on all of UA-cam.
So this is why lenny exists?
Great job, Brain.
"Tiny alien fairies are walking around on Mars" hehehee
The sad thing is that people will argue to death about what they are seeing even if you tell them it's pareidolia.
I've never seen Pepe in my toast, but he sure shat on it.
you have to admit, seeing a 90° angle on that "pyramid" is pretty unusual, as that "crab", the shape is very strange indeed.
+SciShow You didn't mention the Martian rat one guy claimed to have spotted in a Curiosity photo. The picture had been touched up, as you could tell by comparing it with the original on the NASA site, but it was a great fantasy, and a lot of us rat owners had a lot of fun discussing it. Space rats from Mars--I want one!
PEPE THE FROG
IN A SCISHOW EPISODE
HOLY SHIT
People see what they want to see...just like they hear what they want to hear.
I remember having a rorschach test. The psychologist giving it kept looking back at the paper as I was describing what I saw. Apparently its not common for someone to give detailed, multi-paragraph descriptions of what they see. But it seems like none of the things I described were actually worrysome, so my file just ended up with the note "Very creative."
I work as a security guard and I have to walk around inside this store almost none stop. almost everyone that comes to this store thinks Im following them. Why? I've been called racist, pervert even Pedophile just for walking around. I always thought it had to do with humans trying to find patterns
That first Rorschach pic is clearly an Eevee standing on a log xD
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or I am clearly a nerd. or both.
Hanks Hair was on fleek this episode :D
I wonder what would happen in that experiment with people who suffer from face blindness.
Actually, they do still use the Rorschach test. I was given it, along with IQ and MMPI and the results were combined. Mind you, the person testing me was super confused because they did not know who Mothman or The Plucker were, but it is still used.
I don't know why so many people only saw that little, tiny woman on Mars -- when immediately to her right is a giant face of Kermit the Frog! *giggles*
Rorschach looks like Andrew from Buzzfeed. Cannot unsee
That tortilla face is CLEARLY Albert Einstein.
Undeniable proof that it's all in perspective
I see two figures in dresses standing back to back holding up two elephants by the necks.
that pepe reference really just derailed the fuck out of this episode. id be surprised if half the audience can remember anything he said after that.
Thank you! :)
I loved how you could almost not keep a strait face :)
Just to explain to some people, the phenomenon and the condition are two distinct things.
Pareidolia the condition means your brain essentially and fundamentally draws understandings based on patterns as opposed to normal cognitive concepts. A pareidoliac for example wouldn't count in numbers, but would follow a pattern. The most common of which is using prime numbers as the pattern, but other concepts include number variations I.e. adding all the numbers together and dividing by 3 to tell if it is a component of 3 ~ 4377 = 4+3+7+7 = 21 which is divisible by 3 and therefore 4377 is a component of 3. For most of us, it's very confusing and our brains simply cannot click that way, but for a pareidoliac, without this pattern, they wouldn't understand their surroundings.
Pareidolia is fun. I love seeing faces in wood grain.
*_thank you_* I was trying to describe this phenomenon to a coworker the other day, but couldn't think of the term.
The crab one looked the coolest/most convincing. The others are just blurry.
The first Rorschach test looked like the bat signal
Rorschach looks like that guy from buzzfeed doing all the creepy office things, Andrew I think is his name.
Pepper the toad?
Pepper hare - do a barrel roll!
I did't see a woman in that Mars photo, but I did see an eagle's head.
Pareidolia happens to my camera's face recognition software.
What happens when your ears pop during the landing of a plane?
It doesn't happen every single time either...
change in pressure
Pranav Eswaran That is just pressure inside and outside your ears equalising
Pranav Eswaran And why does it make things sound more bassy?
+Fel More pressure stops the higher-frequency vibrations of your eardrum, so what gets through are the lower-frequency, bass sounds.
When I was a kid, my father used to have some ugly 1970-80's randomized paint-drop-spattered bathroom floor.
Staring long enough at it, I started seeing naked women in suggestive poses. I was healthy as a child... right?
0:11 In the Rorschach I saw two women dancing holding hands with their other arms held out to the sides.
Pareidolia and the power of suggestion explains about of 99 percent of what people see as paranormal these days...
Now I know I am not the only one who can see faces in my ceramic tiles, I have done research on this 'condition' and from what I've found this has been linked to early dementia signs and also schizophrenia. I wouldn't be surprised because having a friend with schizophrenia she claims to have always seen faces or shadows (of course this is a mental condition) and my late mother said she always saw people or faces or heard voices of people who weren't around, two years before she was diagnosed with dementia. What say you all???
Everything living probably has camouflage like stingrays hiding under the sand.