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Face it \u2013 humans are pattern-seeking animals. We identify eyes, nose and mouth where there are none. Martian rock takes on a visage and the silhouette of Elvis appears in our burrito. Discover the roots of our face-tracking tendency \u2013 pareidolia \u2013 and why it sometimes leads us astray.\nPlus, why some brains can\u2019t recognize faces at all \u2026 how computer programs exhibit their own pareidolia \u2026 and why it\u2019s so difficult to replicate human vision in a machine\nGuests:\n\n\nPhil Plait \u2013 Astronomer, Skeptic, and author of Slate Magazine\u2019s blog Bad Astronomy\n\n\n\nJosef Parvizi \u2013 Associate professor, Stanford University, and clinical neurologist and epilepsy specialist at Stanford Medical Center\n\n\nNancy Kanwisher \u2013 Cognitive neuroscientist, at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT\n\n\nGreg Borenstein \u2013 Artist, creative technologist who teaches at New York University\n\n\nPietro Perona \u2013 Professor of electrical engineering, computation and neural systems, California Institute of Technology\n\nDescripci\xf3n en espa\xf1ol\nFirst released February 25, 2013.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices