19-02-2009, 01:01 PM
I have been reading this thread with interest, especially the post about the meaning of the “grey alien” face.
I want to point the attention to the following article that appeared in the “sceptic magazine”.
http://www.skeptic.com/the_magazine/feat...faces.html
The main argument is, that a lot of animals have inborn visual recognition templates, which help them recognizing certain shapes which are of extreme importance to them.
In the case of human beings, there seems to be some kind of facial recognition template. Being able to recognizing a face is a highly specialized human ability of great importance, especially being able to recognize the mother/parents. The visual capabilities of the newborn are quiet limited, so faces are seen distorted, the authors of this article try to figure out how a face might be perceived by a newborn and come to the conclusion that it looks pretty much like your typical “grey alien” face (or “Master Lam”). Since the newborn is reacting to it, even though having no own past experience with faces, they argue that the inborn visual recognition template of the newborn must resemble the "grey alien" face.
The grey alien face could well be the inherited “archetypal face” pre-programmed into every human brain.
If valid, these findings certainly offer interesting possibilities to interpret the abduction experience, or could give an explanation why a face like this would be useful in some kind of “psyop”. The typical abduction experience has lot more distinct features which could be interpreted as relived birth experiences.
I want to point the attention to the following article that appeared in the “sceptic magazine”.
http://www.skeptic.com/the_magazine/feat...faces.html
The main argument is, that a lot of animals have inborn visual recognition templates, which help them recognizing certain shapes which are of extreme importance to them.
In the case of human beings, there seems to be some kind of facial recognition template. Being able to recognizing a face is a highly specialized human ability of great importance, especially being able to recognize the mother/parents. The visual capabilities of the newborn are quiet limited, so faces are seen distorted, the authors of this article try to figure out how a face might be perceived by a newborn and come to the conclusion that it looks pretty much like your typical “grey alien” face (or “Master Lam”). Since the newborn is reacting to it, even though having no own past experience with faces, they argue that the inborn visual recognition template of the newborn must resemble the "grey alien" face.
The grey alien face could well be the inherited “archetypal face” pre-programmed into every human brain.
If valid, these findings certainly offer interesting possibilities to interpret the abduction experience, or could give an explanation why a face like this would be useful in some kind of “psyop”. The typical abduction experience has lot more distinct features which could be interpreted as relived birth experiences.