Quotes About Apophenia

#1. Humans find meaningfulness where none exists because we want to create a sense of order in this chaotic universe. It's called apophenia. (And it's also the reason people believe in God.)

Megan McCafferty

#2. To see the universe as it truly is, is to see what we call chaos. That which we call order is merely our own apophenia at work.

Joseph Matheny

#3. People can find patterns in all kinds of random events. It's called apophenia. It's the tendency we humans have to find meaning in disconnected information.

Dan Chaon

#4. Her brother is crying, he is wretched and broken. Though his sobs are barely audible, he is weeping with absolute and total abandon. Such a naked display of emotion is both alarming and frightening.

Julia Hoban

#5. If I'm bringing joy to people and entertaining people as an actor, then I should be grateful for that and act accordingly, you know?

Ellen Pompeo

#6. Without Jimmy Carter we might not have gotten Ronald Reagan, without Ronald Reagan there would probably still be a Soviet Union.

Newt Gingrich

#7. It's now how well you are loved by your inner circle but how well you love outside your comfort zone.

Sue Desautels

#8. Any fact becomes important when it's connected to another.

Umberto Eco

#9. I regard myself as a true American musician, and I play every style that is my heritage.

Michelle Shocked

#10. I will continue my involvement in politics through Lord Ashcroft Polls and my political publishing interests: Conservative Home, Biteback Publishing and Dods.

Michael Ashcroft

#11. We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.

Ben Sweetland

#12. When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there.

Ram Dass

#13. I'll never wake up in a good mood again.
I'm tired of these stinky boots

Jim Morrison

#14. The question is, how long does Mr. Spinny have to live? And what does that tell us?

Neal Stephenson