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Conspiracy Theories: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational | Michael Shermer

Hidden Forces

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Is There a Pattern in Random Dots?

There's all difference between what looks random versus what actually is random. Something can look extremely non-random and actually be completely random. But it's really about a set of probabilities and order. And that again, speaks to pattern, patternicity, and our desire to find patterns in the noise.

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