Just learned the amazing word “apophany” from apophenia, the tendency to see patterns when they aren’t there, i.e. faces in…

Just learned the amazing word “apophany” from apophenia, the tendency to see patterns when they aren’t there, i.e. faces in clouds, nonexistent patterns on the roulette wheel. So an apophany is like an epiphany except you’re wrong.

— Ada Palmer (@Ada_Palmer) February 6, 2019

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