I think that it is important to not presume a degree of bias, but to exchange openly with an open acknowledgement that we are all prone to biases — in particular confirmation bias, identity protection bias, and biases that result from inherent attributes of our cognitive processes, such as pattern recognition (which leads us to sometimes
seeing patterns where they don't exist).
So
seeing patterns where there aren't any isn't surprising.
Scientists had long hypothesized that conspiracy theory belief (which the researchers of a new paper define as «the assumption that a group of people colludes together in secret to attain evil goals») was due to a phenomenon known as «illusory pattern perception» —
seeing patterns where none really exist.
At times Seife tries too hard to coin buzzwords, speaking of «Potemkin numbers» (bogus statistics), «randumbness» (
seeing patterns where none exist), and «fruit - packing» (presenting data out of context).
This outlook allows them to
see patterns where others simply see complexity.»
That's okay because we are hard wired to find order in chaos, that's why
we see patterns where there are none, that's why we fall for optical illusions, our brains want to find order.
If you are logging her sleep you may
see a pattern where she sleeps worse at night and wakes more often after the 12:30 am bottle after a day of poor naps.
We also
saw a pattern where the free weekends were around US holidays, which is helpful for planning as long as that pattern stays consistent.
Graysmith You are trying to
see patterns where patterns don't exist.
It's called Our Minds
See Patterns Where They Don't Exist and Fail to See Them Where They Do.
«Pareidolia» is a psychological term that refers to the human brain's tendency to
see patterns where none exist.
No - one is infallible, but we are experts in
seeing pattern where there is merely coincidence.
I am
seeing pattern where laws that used to serve some purposes is now serving very different purposes.
I've
seen patterns where a person with a few felonies will have crappy credit.
Not exact matches
«Over time, we've been optimizing our clinical lab to bring up tests that are more commonly ordered, and in some cases move resources off the proprietary tests that are less commonly ordered to get to a point
where the ordering
patterns we are
seeing can all be accommodated through our finger - stick technology.»
«I've never
seen a chart of a security
where the price really has a vertical
pattern to it.
This trough involves a
pattern he
sees in many companies
where a launch with lots of celebration, PR buzz and fanfare is followed by a very trying slow period
where a company realizes that its «up and to the right» growth plans are far from predestined.
A similar
pattern can be
seen in Europe,
where in the UK, France, Germany and Switzerland, entrepreneurs in their 20s are half as likely as those in their 50s to say the main reason they went into business was to be their own boss.
It continues a
pattern seen since the mid 1990s
where European share prices seem to mirror what is happening in US markets rather than developments in the local economy.
Aren't we
seeing the formation of a double bottom
pattern where the trendline is heading for the lows of the beginning of February?
We looked at the way worship is done in heaven from Rev. 4,
where there is intercession and worship combined, and we looked at what David did and
saw a similar
pattern, so we figured this must be the key.
There's no lasting
pattern where we
see our congregation changing over the course of years.»
Much the same may be said of work in sociology and anthropology,
where today great emphasis is being laid on the structural quality of social life, on the
patterns seen in tribal custom, and on the holistic behavior
patterns of primitive peoples.
1) If what we
saw in the early church, and their sense of community under the headship of Jesus, and the priesthood of all believers is indeed the
pattern for us today, then shouldn't we come together and discuss how,
where, and when to implement this concept.
This
pattern holds true for the world of packaging,
where we
see retro styles being reinvented and stale applications being replaced by new, creative innovations.
If the DB gets a very good break on a throw or if there is the slightest glitch in the
pattern, I could
see where the ball could be picked (my one hopeful thought).
A new manager would (again, we'd hope) come in and start from a clean unbiased position regarding individual players and determine which players play,
where / why / when, without the current stale and predictable
pattern we
see today.
Every season the same voids occur with his new signings, his tactics and his arrogant continuation with the same attitude and predictable playing style no matter who we face.Stagnation appears to have set in now to the point
where he genuinely does not have the answers any longer.Fresh blood with a new thinking
pattern is urgently required at Arsenal before we will
see the turn - around so desperately needed.
if care isn't taking even the Bailly of man united by mere
seeing we shall come and will not be
where to found cos as I can
see his
pattern of playing, he d a good player but not better than mustafi.
Birdseye weave can be
seen by looking closely at the diaper
where you will
see a diamond shaped weave
pattern in the material.
They are places
where Labour are relatively strong, but they are similar to other divisions in their
pattern of 2009 - 13 change and the switch in correlations can be
seen within these cases.
But we
saw the opposite
pattern in Ipswich,
where a Ukip surge bit deep into the Tory vote, leaving Labour well ahead.
«This is a
pattern we've
seen in the state of New York, and under this governor,
where there's a lot of talk about helping public housing residents, but we don't
see real resources,» the mayor said on WNYC radio.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has said that contrary to the voting
pattern in 2015
where Anambra voters favoured the Peoples Democratic party, PDP, with their votes, 2019 would
see a clear departure from such practice.
«We have
seen this
pattern all along Delancey Street right near the Williamsburg Bridge of reckless driving, of drivers not recognizing that this is a community
where children live,» said Jennifer Godzeno, pedestrian advocacy manager at Transportation Alternatives.
«Today we have unsealed a nine - count indictment that outlines a
pattern of self - dealing and corruption that spans decades and covers several events, including the defendant's failed bid to become the Brooklyn District Attorney,» U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta Lynch said during a press conference announcing the charges,
where she described Mr. Sampson's alleged conduct as «one of the most extreme examples of political hubris that we have yet
seen.»
This is
where warm dust is very bright, and the swirling
pattern you
see is from all that dust.
It's very much «all hands on deck» but when there is more time available on the weekend and parents are not so pressed to get everything done, then we
see the emergence of gendered
patterns and inequality
where women do a lot more housework and childcare while he leisures,» Yavorsky said.
When Pääbo's team looked at
patterns of nuclear genome variation in present - day humans, it identified 12 genome regions
where non-Africans exhibited variants that were not
seen in Africans and that were thus candidates for being derived from the Neandertals, who lived not in Africa but Eurasia.
«If we
see someone who is 25 or 30 and they fall into one of these
patterns, we can predict
where they'll be later in middle age,» Allen said.
Critics of the new administration
see a troubling
pattern where information is hidden from the public
«It would be great to have satellite tags on a few individuals to learn about finer scale movement
patterns and to
see with greater resolution who they interact with,
where they spend their time, what they do in winter, and whether there are any fish - eating killer whales.»
Davis likens the technique to flying over a frozen river
where you can
see static
patterns formed by the ice while also detecting flowing liquid water — and doing it over and over through the spring as the frozen waterway gradually melts.
In the new study, the researchers cultured mouse skin - cancer colonies on various 2 - D and 3 - D environments of different shapes and
patterns to
see if the tumor shape contributes to activation of cancer stem cells, and to
see where in the tumor the stem cells appeared.
It adds a checkerboard
pattern to the picture signal at the sides and top and bottom of the screen
where it will not normally be
seen.
This mirrors the
pattern that astronomers
see in young, full - fledged stars, he says,
where astronomers
see evidence that embryonic planets clear out gaps in dusty disks.
To
see if areas farther away are associated with El Niño, scientists refer to historical weather
patterns and to look at trends of
where precipitation normally occurs during El Niño events.
The team investigated the trajectories of sea ice drifting in the ocean and
saw a
pattern of ice — and hence water — flowing northward from the vast northern coast of Russia toward the middle of the Arctic Ocean,
where the radium concentrations had increased.
Where there are clear seasons, this can happen in a discrete
pattern, leading to what is known as growth rings, as can be
seen on the end of a log.
Sarah had a foggy, white energy
pattern in her aura, which I commonly
see where there is disembodiment or dissociation.