From identifying familiar faces to deciphering complex codes, pattern recognition is a crucial skill that permeates our daily lives. But, like many of the amazing things our brains can do, pattern recognition can be both a blessing and a curse.

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Clips Used in the Video:

Link to the Original Ghost Adventures Clip
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Resources
This Scientific American article on patternicity gives a good general overview of some of the things I talked about in the video - https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...

As does this article from Psychology Today - https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/bl...

This article focuses more specifically on apophenia, which is our tendency to want to try to explain things that happen - https://www.verywellmind.com/apopheni...

I don’t usually link Wikipedia articles but this one has some interesting information on pareidolia, which is our tendency to see faces in things - https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

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