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Heuristics and Cognitive Biases

Pareidolia

Pareidolia

Our minds trick us into believing something exists when it doesn't. It tricks us into seeing a pattern or likeness, in something that is relatively meaningless. People tend to see a face raising an eyebrow when they look at this intercom system.

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