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Fooled by randomness: Why our brains are pattern-seeking machines

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Miguel Ferreira
Jul 29, 2022
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To humans, truly random events do not feel random.

On October 23, 2001, Steve Jobs introduced the iPod as a music player that “holds 1,000 songs in your pocket”

It quickly became Apple's biggest hit. 

Also, the iPod ended popularizing one of iTunes best features, the shuffle feature.

But Apple suddenly started receiving a boatload of angry emails. 

People we…

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