 March 27, 2021  Are you familiar with the word "apophenia?" It's used to describe the extremely human behavior of finding patterns in chaos, sorting things into order even when no real structure exists. "It’s a motivator for gamblers who see patterns in their wins and losses — and stake ever higher amounts on their false perceptions; it's behind Bible code theological fads and the oeuvre of Dan Brown," Talia Lavin writes. "And over the past four years, a manic, messianic apophenia has been the driving force behind the QAnon movement."
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