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6 months ago Treeseed said:

Apophenia is the perception of patterns, or connections, where in fact none exist. Most psychologists agree that this condition exists in everyone, to some degree; it is a bias of the human mind.
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about 1 year ago tsuomela said:

Here's the thing about film festivals. When you're averaging eight flicks a day (features and shorts), as the cinetrix did on Friday and Saturday of this year's Full Frame festival, the temptation to indulge in a bit of apophenia is too strong to resist. @ http://pullquote.typepad.com/pullquote/2007/05/ffdff_helicopte.html

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