Timeline for What is the commonly accepted mechanism that causes people to experience pareidolia?
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| Nov 12, 2012 at 18:28 | comment | added | Christian | L-dopa is a precursor to dopamine and a few other substances. It's not the same thing as dopamine. | |
| Dec 5, 2011 at 12:44 | comment | added | Oliver_C | @Matt - I changed the link, should work again. | |
| Dec 5, 2011 at 12:43 | history | edited | Oliver_C | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 5, 2011 at 12:40 | comment | added | Oliver_C |
@Oddthinking - I guess it comes from Error Management Theory: ... some errors are more costly in their consequences than others. Evolution should therefore favor an inference system that minimizes, not the total number of errors, but their total costs. Maybe this theory deserves its own question?
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| Dec 4, 2011 at 23:55 | comment | added | matt_black | The Mitchell and Webb link is now broken, pity. | |
| Dec 4, 2011 at 11:19 | comment | added | Oddthinking♦ | I can see here people re-stating the claim (i.e. that there is an evolutionary advantage to tend toward Type I rather than Type II errors). I'm not sure I can see any evidence of the claim though. | |
| Mar 31, 2011 at 22:54 | vote | accept | Larian LeQuella | ||
| Mar 29, 2011 at 17:33 | history | edited | Jason Plank | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 26, 2011 at 12:18 | history | answered | Oliver_C | CC BY-SA 2.5 |