Adapted Quote by Michael Shermer

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

— Mark Frost

I respond well to what I read of Immanuel Kant's idea that the world as we see it is absolutely a function of the…

— Bernard Beckett

I respond well to what I read of Immanuel Kants idea that the world as we see it is absolutely a function of the…

— Bernard Beckett

“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

Essentially, all expressions of human nature ever produced, from a caveman's paintings to Mozart's symphonies and Einstein's view of the universe, emerge from the…

— Miguel Nicolelis

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

“Living organisms were not independently created, but have descended and diversified over time from common ancestors. And thus, no other biological theory so elegantly…

— Tommy Rodriguez

“All creation is patterned according to an inner blueprint or arrangement that carries within it a genetic memory of everything that ever happens.”

— Lawrence Kushner

“the brain registers what is really out there in the world, makes a decision about what should be out there, and then generates its…

— Bruce M. Hood

Being inexhaustible, life and nature are a constant stimulus for a creative mind.

— Hans Hofmann

Just as the design of our bodies can be understood only in terms of natural selection, so the design of our minds can be…

— Susan Blackmore

“your brain is structured to make sense of stimuli and patterns in any environment you step into, and it's finding patterns in this new…

— David DiSalvo