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The scientific reason why people see Jesus in their toast — because your eyes are sexist: study

Nypost · · 673 words · By Ben Cost
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10 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Australian scientists found that humans are preconditioned to spot faces in inanimate objects, and that, more often than not, they happen to be male, per a study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science.”
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Wikipedia entries confirm the existence of 'Royal Society Open Science' as a journal but do not mention any study about face perception in inanimate objects or gender biases in face recognition. No cross-references or web search results were found to corroborate the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Proceedings of the Royal Society is the main research journal of the Royal Society. The journal began in 1831 and was split into two series in 1905: Series A: for papers in physical sciences and math…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Socie…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of rol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Royal Society Open Science is a peer-reviewed, open access scientific journal published by the Royal Society since September 2014. Its launch was announced in February 2014. It covers all scientific f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_Open_Science
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“The phenomenon of spotting visages in inanimate objects is dubbed pareidolia, per the study.”
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No evidence was found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm that the study refers to the phenomenon as 'pareidolia.'
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“The researchers tested 70 participants by showing them images of a handbag and abstract 'visual noise.'”
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Wikipedia entries retrieved (e.g., about '.45-70', '70', 'MBT-70') are unrelated to the study's methodology or participants. No evidence confirms the claim about 70 participants or the experimental setup.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The .45-70 (11.6×53mmR), also known as the .45-70 Government, .45-70 Springfield, and .45-21⁄10" Sharps, is a .45 caliber rifle cartridge originally holding 70 grains of black powder that was develope…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.45-70
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 70 may refer to: 70 (number), the natural number following 69 and preceding 71 One of the years 70 BC, AD 70, 1970, 2070 Seventy (Latter Day Saints), an office in the Melchizedek priesthood of sever…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The MBT-70 (German: KPz 70 or KpfPz 70) was an American–West German cancelled joint project to develop a new main battle tank during the 1960s. The MBT-70 was developed by the United States and West G…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBT-70
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“Participants saw faces more frequently in the purse (96.7% of images) than in visual noise (53.4%).”
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Wikipedia entries retrieved (e.g., 'In', 'Inch', 'List of highest-grossing films in India') are unrelated to the study's statistical findings. No evidence confirms the 96.7% or 53.4% face perception rates.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — IN, In or in may refer to:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The inch (symbol: in or ″) is a unit of length in the British Imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement. It is equal to ⁠1/36⁠ yard or ⁠1/12⁠ of a foot. Derived from the Roman un…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This ranking lists the highest-grossing films in India, based on domestic box office estimates as reported by organizations classified as green by Wikipedia. The figures are not adjusted for inflation…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films…
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“90% of participants reported seeing a face in at least one of the abstract pictures.”
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No evidence was found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm the 90% figure about participants perceiving faces in abstract images.
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“Participants were more likely to perceive male faces in both the purse and abstract images.”
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No evidence was found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm the claim about gender bias in face perception.
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“The purse was perceived as a young and happy male face, while the abstract image was viewed as older and angrier.”
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No evidence was found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm the description of perceived face characteristics (young male vs. older).
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“A second experiment showed participants videos with symmetrical movement (65.8% face perception) versus random patterns (23.6% face perception).”
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No evidence was found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm the claim about a second experiment with videos.
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“Once vertical symmetry is introduced, faces predominate in perception.”
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No evidence was found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm the claim about vertical symmetry and face perception.
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“Professor David Alais stated that seeing false faces is a by-catch of our ability to detect real faces quickly.”
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No evidence was found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm the statement attributed to Professor Alais.
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