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Careidolia

Explore the curious phenomenon of the face of Jesus appearing, blending stories of pareidolia and human creativity.

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OK, I know that some people see the face of their religious icons in random things. I've written about this a zillion times. And I know that sometimes it's just pareidolia, our tendency to see faces in random objects. And I know that people will think it's a miracle, when really it's the end-product of thousands of generations of the evolution of our pattern-seeking abilities.

But then there's stuff like this: a guy is "clueless" about how the face of Jesus appeared on his truck window, and why it persists day after day. Oh, I have a clue. It's clearly not random, which means it's either a) divine, or 2) drawn on by someone. My conclusion that it's (2) comes from having a daughter who would take her finger and draw her name in the misty back window of my car when she was younger. And also doing it myself ...

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