Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by pierrebai 1282 days ago
Yes: Pareidolia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
3 comments
DonaldFisk 1282 days ago
There's more to it than that. Frost patterns on windows really do resemble real plants such as ferns because both are examples of Iterated Function Systems (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iterated_function_system).
link
emjoes1 1282 days ago
Lol and I thought this was a real phenomenon I have never observed or heard of.
link
rubylark 1282 days ago
Also: synchronicity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity

link