was easy to imagine something alive hiding where it shouldn’t be. But the explanation was much more ordinary: the object appeared to be an old pistachio shell or piece of food debris that had become discolored and distorted.
The incident offers an interesting lesson about the way we see the world.
Why Strange Objects Can Look Alive
The human brain is constantly searching for recognizable patterns.
This tendency, known as pareidolia, explains why people see faces in clouds, animals in rocks, or figures in shadows. When an unfamiliar object has
