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"I am so tired of seeing visual evidence dismissed..." We know that humans and many other animals recognize faces in a heavily biased way.

"I am so tired of seeing visual evidence dismissed..." We know that humans and many other animals recognize faces in a heavily biased way. It's the evolutionary reason why some butterflies and fish have eye markings. Their potential predators tend to see faces and may be intimidated by the implied size of the creature with those eyes or mistake the direction that the prey is headed. Just from our own subjective experiences, we all see faces where we shouldn't: In clouds, in rock formations, in foliage, and even in burnt grilled cheese sandwiches: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6511148/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/vi... As human beings who want to do Science, we have to recognize the limitations and biases of our own hardware or we're doomed to fail at evaluating reality.

Posted by crusso on Mar 18, 2015, 9:44 PM

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"I am so tired of seeing visual evidence dismissed..." We know that humans and many other animals recognize faces in a heavily biased way.

crussoMar 18, 2015, 9:44 PM

"I am so tired of seeing visual evidence dismissed..." We know that humans and many other animals recognize faces in a heavily biased way. It's the evolutionary reason why some butterflies and fish have eye markings. Their potential predators tend to see faces and may be intimidated by the implied size of the creature with those eyes or mistake the direction that the prey is headed. Just from our own subjective experiences, we all see faces where we shouldn't: In clouds, in rock formations, in foliage, and even in burnt grilled cheese sandwiches: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6511148/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/vi... As human beings who want to do Science, we have to recognize the limitations and biases of our own hardware or we're doomed to fail at evaluating reality.

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