> We humans love to make patterns out of everything.
Not sure in which vein you meant:
1. Humans exhibit some behavioral patterns.
2. Cognitive bias where the brain thinks that there is a pattern when no such pattern exist.
I think you meant the second one. I used to think I am good at noticing patterns. But then I realized that this perception about myself clouded my vision of looking at a given problem or system because my brain tried to pattern match problems and solutions. While it worked in some cases, it did not in others. And just telling myself that while I think that there's a pattern here, there may or may not be a pattern helped- just being aware of cognitive bias.
Not sure in which vein you meant: 1. Humans exhibit some behavioral patterns.
2. Cognitive bias where the brain thinks that there is a pattern when no such pattern exist.
I think you meant the second one. I used to think I am good at noticing patterns. But then I realized that this perception about myself clouded my vision of looking at a given problem or system because my brain tried to pattern match problems and solutions. While it worked in some cases, it did not in others. And just telling myself that while I think that there's a pattern here, there may or may not be a pattern helped- just being aware of cognitive bias.