(January 18, 2017 at 2:19 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(January 18, 2017 at 2:00 pm)Asmodee Wrote: The human brain is wired to find patterns, even when they don't exist. It is a well-known phenomena which has spawned multiple studies. There's even a word for it. It is called apophenia and it is the human tenancy to see meaningful patterns within random data. So that we "see a pattern" is absolutely meaningless. We are wired to see patterns, whether they exist or not.
Read the sentences immediately after that quote and you will find that I already anticipated this objection. Nice try, though.
I see no direct or implied mention of apophenia there, nor any acknowledgement that it is a thing, nor that because of it humans recognizing patterns isn't exactly what one would call "meaningful". On the contrary, you seem to put great stock in these supposed "patterns" with no suggestion whatsoever that they may hold no meaning whatsoever.
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