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storytelling (a quote from Michael Shermer)

28 Tuesday Jun 2016

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apophenia, art, coincidence, imprinting, Michael Shermer, pareidolia, quotation, randomness, stories, The Believing Brain, zen

“Humans are pattern-seeking story-telling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns, whether they exist or not.”
― Michael Shermer

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