12/15/2023 0 Comments Texas sharpshooter![]() This is a kind of an emotional contagion. People seek order and pattern related to interactions with each other. Neural networks and pattern-making are also part of our social DNA. In fact, optical character recognition (OCR) software that came with your scanner is based on a simplified model of the neural networks in our brains. Pattern recognition plays a leading role in learning to talk and read. Our ability to recognize patterns is how we learned what plants and animals to eat as cavemen and to recognize our tribe from another tribe. And, from an evolutionary perspective that is a good thing. In Texas speak, the brain is one Great Big O’ massive pattern makin’ machine. The Truth: People tend to ignore random chance when the results seem meaningful or when you want a random event to have a meaningful cause. The Misconception: People take randomness into account when determining cause and effect. ![]() If you have ever experienced something like the examples above, you have just experienced the Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy. Later still, you find out you both own the box set of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and you both grew up loving Rescue Rangers. Maybe the hand of fate is pushing you toward the other person. Let’s say later on you learn their mom’s name is the same as your mom’s, and your mothers have the same birthday. ![]() Well, that’s sort of neat, but nothing amazing. It’s a different color, but the same model. He states, “Say you go on a date, and the other person reveals they drive the same kind of car you do. Have you ever had the experience of buying a new car, let’s say a red Mazda truck and then you start seeing red Mazda trucks everywhere? David McRaney gives a good example of this phenomenon from his website, You Are Not So.
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