{"id":13659,"date":"2026-09-02T00:20:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T04:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/apophenia-cuts-both-ways-seths-blog\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T00:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T04:20:22","slug":"apophenia-cuts-both-ways-seths-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/apophenia-cuts-both-ways-seths-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Apophenia cuts both ways | Seth’s Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Apophenia is the uniquely human tendency to perceive meaningful patterns or connections in random or unrelated data, events, or objects.<\/p>\n

Humans are story telling machines. And one thing we do is turn co-incident events into more than coincidences.<\/p>\n

When we see faces and shapes in clouds, apophenia wastes our time in the form of pareidolia. There isn\u2019t actually a teddy bear in that cloud, or a face in that grilled cheese sandwich.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, our ability to make out patterns is essential when trying to understand a system. Systems are nothing but non-coordinated conspiracies, individuals following their interests in response to a culture that is shaped by individuals following their interests.<\/p>\n

The skill worth developing is the insight to tell them apart. Useful stories when needed, uncorrelated noise when there\u2019s nothing actually going on.<\/p>\n

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