Why do humans have pareidolia built into our brains?

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I know pareidolia (seeing faces in objects) is built into our brains, but does anyone know why or where it comes from?

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To spot hidden threats fast. The biggest threat to a human being is another human being. It’s better to spot a threat fast then figure it’s not what you thought than to miss one and die. also the brain is a big pattern matching machine. It’s always matching patterns, even when idle.

I’m not a neurologist.

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