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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Sure we are pattern matching machines. We had to be the humans that couldn't figure out "big scary noise usually means big scary threat" died off.

My hat goes off to all the great minds in the sciences that can not only overcome this tendency but using it AT THE SAME TIME!