Adept Quote by Michael Shermer

The human brain has an amazing ability for pattern recognition, sometimes even better than a computer.

— Tabetha S. Boyajian

The human brain is an incredible pattern-matching machine.

— Jeff Bezos

“the adaptive capabilities of our brains—like pattern recognition—did not evolve to make sense of complex commercial environments like those we live in.”

— David DiSalvo

But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science.

— Michael Shermer

“Our minds are wired by nature to detect patterns.”

— Mark Frost

The fact that we have been able to develop a successful science, which issues in ever more accurate predictions and broader explanations, is the…

— Hilary Kornblith

There is no other species on Earth that does science. It is, so far, entirely a human invention, evolved by natural selection in the…

— Carl Sagan

One of the best things about humans is we recognize patterns, so we get things like science, music, philosophy. One of the worst things…

— James Marsters

“Science is about recognizing patterns. [...] Everything depends on the ground rules of the observer: if someone refuses to look at obvious patterns because…

— Christopher Knight & Alan Butler

“Statistical algorithms greatly outdo humans in noisy environments for two reasons: they are more likely than human judges to detect weakly valid cues and…

— Daniel Kahneman

The way our brain is wired, we only see what we believe is possible. We match patterns that already exist within ourselves through conditioning.

— Candace Pert

Pattern recognition and association make up the core of our thought. These activities involve millions of operations carried out in parallel, outside the field…

— Daniel Crevier