Why your mind is addicted to Patterns? | Apophenia

Your Brain Can’t Stop Finding Patterns—Even When They’re Not Real!

Your brain is a pattern-seeking machine—and that’s not always a good thing.

From seeing faces in clouds to believing in lucky numbers and horoscopes, your brain is constantly trying to make sense of randomness.

Why?
Because your ancestors survived by connecting the dots—like spotting a predator hiding in the bushes.
Today, this ancient survival tool backfires, making us see meaning where there is none.

This glitch fuels:
• Superstitions
• Conspiracy theories
• False beliefs
• Visual illusions
• “Signs from the universe”

The Science Says:

✅ It’s called apophenia—the tendency to perceive meaningful patterns in randomness.
✅ Pareidolia is one form, like seeing faces in objects.
✅ Studies in neuroscience confirm this is a deeply wired cognitive bias rooted in our evolution.
[(Brugger, 2001); (Shermer, 2009)]

💭 What else is your brain making up?
Comment “GLITCHED!” if this blew your mind!

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Ever caught yourself seeing patterns where there are none? Let us know your thoughts!

[afreenkhusru]

So you are telling me the faces that I saw in the clouds were not actual fluffy people?! 😢Where does Santa Claus come from then? 😂

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Seeing patters that aren’t there is also a good thing . Helps you distinguish between the ones that are actually there . Like seeing bad examples helps validate the good ones .