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Originally Posted by Odin
just because you refuse to look at evidence, doesn't mean its not there.
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And just because you've decided to see evidence in random patterns doesn't mean it's really there :-)
It's really down to evolutionary neurobiology: the human brain has evolved to be a very good pattern-detector. It's so good that it can even see patterns that don't exist. After all, what's the evolutionary cost of thinking you see a tiger that's not really there, versus the cost of not seeing the one that is? So you look at something random - clouds, leaves against the sky, the texture of a ceiling - let your mind unfocus a bit, and you'll start seeing all sorts of things. That's why people can see Jesus in a scorched tortilla, or a corporate conspiracy in perfectly rational acts.