if you look long enough you can see all sorts of neato things/patterns in the clouds?

Question

also, you can see like faces and stuff in the landscapes when viewing earth from high above?

So if thats the case, why do some wacko scientists insist that Mars has all these acnient ruins and stuff?
Isnt this just the same thing, --just seeing patterns just like you can if yoiu look at the clouds??
How can someone with all that education be so dumb??

Answer 1

Yes, it is a process called Pareidolia. See this site:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

And generally it is not modern scientists and educated people who claim to have seen ancient civilizations. Yeah, a bunch of educated folks back in the past claimed to see "canals" on Mars, and claimed civilizations, but that was mostly due to the inadequacy of their equipment at the time, coupled with pareidolia.

More recently, pareidolia has been at fault for conspiracy theorists and nutjobs who see things and go online to tout their latest "discovery/revelation". Just looking for attention . . .

Answer 2

mg- i kno wat ur talkin bout- ive done this many times!! lol now i still cant see the "man in the moon"- but my mom swears up and down he's there- lol ive seen tons of things- it's more of a mind game tho- cuz u make the clouds/shapes into so many different things tht aren't even there- kinda fun tho-

Answer 3

I didn't know there were ANY scientists who think there are ancient ruins on mars.