Thursday 8 July 2010

Fwd: big word

From: Stephen Stretton 
Subject: big word

pareidolia – a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) is perceived as significant, e.g., seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon, and hearing hidden messages on records played in reverse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases

2 comments:

  1. Thanks steve, will add it to the list!

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  2. Another word: Tyromancy: divination from Cheese!
    http://occultopedia.info/t/tyromancy.htm

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