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BBC Science Focus Magazine

THE WAR IN OUR HEADS

The human brain loves patterns. It’s built to make one and one equal two, and to see inappropriate things in Rorschach tests. Psychologically speaking, we lean on patterns as a way to make light work of a world of random stimulation. So when things don’t add up, we feel uncertain. Our response is to

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