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An Ig Nobel Prize (i.e., “a spoof of the Nobel Prize” which celebrates “unusual, imaginative and humorous scientific achievements”) was awarded this year to the leaders of a study titled “Seeing Jesus in toast: Neural and behavioral correlates of face pareidolia.”
Not sure what “face pareidolia” refers to? The Canadian Press
reports that this is a phenomenon “where individuals report seeing well-known faces in bread, clouds, smoke or rock formations.”
You know, like seeing Jesus on a burnt English muffin (butter and jam optional)…
Lead author of this winning study, neuroscientist Kang Lee, reassures the public that this type of visual experience is “normal.” His exact words: “This is OK for you to see Jesus on toast.”
Lee's scientific explanation has to do with “how the brain interprets and makes sense of visual stimuli.”
Whatever happened to good old-fashioned miracles? I guess
they went the way of good old-fashioned muffins.
The kind that melted in your mouth straight from the oven and never even needed toasting…
Resources
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/09/18/jesus_in_toast_study_led_by_toronto_professor_wins_ig_nobel_prize.html
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