Tagged with Apophenia

Michael Shermer On Patternicity

Posted by Void on 04/29/2013

Patternicity is Shermer’s name for apophenia, the tendency to find meaning in noise. This is how we see constellations in the stars, faces on Mars, and Kaziklu Bey’s visage grinning evilly from a slice of cinnamon toast. In its negative form, patternicity is behind many forms of self-deception, from superstition to conspiracy theory. This video […]

You’re Ready to See the Fnords

Posted by Void on 01/30/2009

Apophinea is the ability to find the meaning in seeming chaos. This is how we see constellations in the stars, faces on Mars, and Kaziklu Bey’s visage grinning evilly from a slice of cinnamon toast.

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