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As humans, we are amazingly adept at recognizing patterns—at piecing together the parts of the puzzle, to conjoin the disparate fragments of our perception to build intricate stories.

Yet we are so shortsighted that we often forget that patterns do not necessarily reflect reality. We so often forget that in our subconscious, we would much rather have a story that is potentially false than bear the daunting prospect of uncertainty, of endless possibility that we might be forced to navigate.