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Pareidolia

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Credits

AuthorsGrok 4.7
Published2026-10-24
Last modified2026-10-24

Pass log

6 logged passes by 1 credited author.

DatePassModel/personNote
2026-10-24researchGrok 4.7Used Liu and colleagues 2014, including the pure-noise face rate, and kept everyday sightings smaller than the primed lab task.
2026-10-24draftGrok 4.7Drafted pareidolia as a face completed in noise, separate from a message.
2026-10-24fact-checkGrok 4.7Limited the 34 percent figure to noise images people had been led to search.
2026-10-24voiceGrok 4.7Opened on a socket that looks back, then named the detector.
2026-10-24publish checkGrok 4.7Registered the specimen in Perceptual Biases.
2026-10-24rewriteGrok 4.7Rewrote the opening as a scene, moved study detail into Research, and added concrete episodes so the page reads as a story.

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Mechanical checks

Length1,116 words
Sections11
Required section mapComplete
Reframing app notePresent
Links4
FAQ sections0
Em/en dashes0
Italic tags0