Ep. 463: Pareidolia and the Moon
365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition
English - October 30, 2017 20:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsNatural Sciences Science astronomy space science planets supernova black holes telescopes telescope Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The man in the moon, the pyramids on Mars. Every cloud, ever. Humans have a tendency to pattern match when they're looking around the Universe - it's called pareidolia. What causes this behavior, and how can we use this to debunk some hilarious conspiracy theories?