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To: MNDude

“Just give an explanation for those “coincidences” on Twitter.”

Easy - it’s called pareidolia:
Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon in which the mind responds to a stimulus, usually an image or a sound, by perceiving a familiar pattern where none exists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

So it’s a humorous self-delusion (i.e.fantasy). Sorry, but gotta get back to the real world now and check on the memo.


22 posted on 02/02/2018 9:00:21 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk

See also : Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon

https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/baader-meinhof-phenomenon.htm


27 posted on 02/02/2018 9:29:15 AM PST by edzo4 (Democrats playbook = promise everything, deliver nothing, blame someone else.)
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