I’ll Take ‘White Supremacist Hand Gestures’ for $1k (opens in new tab)

(nytimes.com)

4 pointsaiddun5y ago4 comments

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kleer0015y ago· 4 in thread

pareidolia, plain and simple, shame it wasn't mentioned in the article

sigmaprimus5y ago

That does seem to be the correct term for what happened. I had never heard of "Pareidolia" before, thanks for sharing. Actually it's definition might make a good Jeopardy answer!

kleer0015y ago

Hehe, it would!

In the Ai world it's called overfitting.

Great term, happy to illuminate :)

deathlight5y ago

It seems less simple than that since there is a political angle, which is mentioned in the article.

kleer0015y ago

Hmm, I guess you can add in there a hand full of cognitive biases if you wanted. Reactance bias, negativity bias, loss aversion, etc...

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4 comments

5 comments · 1 top-level

kleer0015y ago· 4 in thread

pareidolia, plain and simple, shame it wasn't mentioned in the article

sigmaprimus5y ago

That does seem to be the correct term for what happened. I had never heard of "Pareidolia" before, thanks for sharing. Actually it's definition might make a good Jeopardy answer!

kleer0015y ago

Hehe, it would!

In the Ai world it's called overfitting.

Great term, happy to illuminate :)

deathlight5y ago

It seems less simple than that since there is a political angle, which is mentioned in the article.

kleer0015y ago

Hmm, I guess you can add in there a hand full of cognitive biases if you wanted. Reactance bias, negativity bias, loss aversion, etc...

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