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What is the commonly accepted mechanism that causes people to experience pareidolia?

Type I errors (false positives), like pareidolia, can indeed be helpful to survival. Mistaking a stick for snake won't do you harm, but mistaking a snake for a stick could mean death. Here is a talk …
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