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Look up: Apophenia

  1. Apophenia
    Apophenia: In psychology, the perception of connections and meaningfulness in unrelated things. Apophenia can be a normal phenomenon or an abnormal one, as in paranoid schizophrenia when the patient sees ominous patterns where there are none.
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  2. apophenia
    apophenia The spontaneous perception of connections and meaningfulness in unrelated things; seeing patterns where none, in fact, exist. The experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or meaningless data. The term was coined in 1958 by Klaus Conrad, who defined it as the 'unmotivated see...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  3. Apophenia
    You may be able to see what appears to be the Virgin Mary in this pancake, thanks to apophenia `Apophenia` is the experience of seeing meaningful patterns or connections in random or meaningless data. The term was coined in 1958 by Klaus Conrad, who defined it as the "unmotivated seeing of conn...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia

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14 February 2012

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/calendar/ February 14 is Valentine's Day. Although it is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today, with the giving of candy, flowers, or other gifts between couples in love, it originated in 5th Century Rome as a tribute to St. Valentine, a Catholic bishop. The first Valentine card grew out of this practice. The first true Valentine card was sent in 1415 by Charles, duke of Orleans, to his wife. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London at the time. Cupid, another symbol of the holiday, became associated with it because he was the son of Venus, the Roman god of love and beauty. Cupid often appears on Valentine cards. read more

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