Today’s Word of the Day: Apophenia

Today I read the most recent entry in Strange Maps, talking about humans tend to see things where they don’t really exist (read their blog entry for some great photos).  There’s a technical word for this – apophenia.

The best part of reading this article is that it anchored me to start seeing patterns where none existed.  I didn’t have to wait too long until it finally happened.  I was listening to a recent Resident Advisor podcast and it contained the following album art:

Orb PaintingI immediately thought that it looked exactly like part of the path from Bow Lake up to the Wapta Icefield:

Way to Wapta Ice FieldNow, Resident Advisor is based in Sydney and the podcast is from a British group, so I’m pretty sure that nobody involved with it has ever been to Wapta.  Must be that apophenia kicking in…