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The tendency of people to see the relationship in random events called APOPHENIA
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APOPHENIA (from the Greek. Ἀποφαίνω - make judgments, make explicit) - the experience of being able to see the structure of the relationship, or in random or meaningless data. The term was introduced by v1958 Klaus Conrad, who defined it as "unmotivated vision of the relationship," accompanied by "a characteristic sense of the importance of inadequate».
From a statistical perspective, APOPHENIA classified as an error of the first kind. APOPHENIA often explains the paranormal and religious claims.
Examples APOPHENIA: astrology, numerology, superstition, and so on. N.
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