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# i cant remember wha tthe word is
but there's a word for when people attribute human or even animal physical characteristics to patterns in light or shadows or smoke or what not

like the face on mars, or a lot of pictures of 'ghosts'
(, Sat 21 Apr 2007, 13:56, archived)
# Looneys?
(, Sat 21 Apr 2007, 13:59, archived)
# 'official fan of b3ta' ben goldacre
has a piece about more general seeing of patterns in data which aren't there today:
www.badscience.net/?p=404
(, Sat 21 Apr 2007, 14:01, archived)
# Nice link..
tankooo
(, Sat 21 Apr 2007, 14:14, archived)