“Humans are pattern-seeking animals and we are adept at finding patterns whether they exist or not” (adapted from Michael Shermer). Discuss knowledge questions raised by this idea in two areas of knowledge. by Laura Thomson https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4 TOK Essay Title 6 en-us 2016-10-05 08:35:44 UTC 2025-10-20 06:25:52 UTC hello@padlet.com The Areas of Knowledge are: laurathomson https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/128413062
  • Mathematics.
  • Natural Sciences.
  • Human Sciences.
  • History.
  • The Arts.
  • Ethics.
  • Religious Knowledge Systems.
  • Indigenous Knowledge Systems.

    • ]]>     2016-10-05 08:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/128413062     Where do humans find patterns laurathomson https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131367532 Diagnosis of illness inc. mental illness: Human Sciences
    Implications for diagnosis and mis diagnosis. 'Invention' of diseases such as ADHD based on percieved patterns.

    ]]>     2016-10-18 05:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131367532     Example... laurathomson https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131367858 The 'creative cycle/ design cycle' taught in schools. based on 'observed' pattern of creative practice. Students are asked to show evidence of the cycle. Does the creative cycle really exist? What of those students who don't think that way? 

    Was it developed simply to enable assessment?]]>     2016-10-18 06:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131367858     Pareadolia laurathomson https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131370837 The human brain's tendency to find human faces in our surroundings.]]> 2016-10-18 06:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131370837 Pattern seeking could be destructive https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131956415  - looking for easy, quick-fire ways to achieve outcomes could reduce quality of work]]> 2016-10-20 01:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131956415 Zebras https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131956498 ... don't get ulcers like humans, because they do not associate stress with memory as we do]]> 2016-10-20 01:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131956498 Models https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131956633 Models created by us to explain patterns are never fully representative of the real-life structure/process/event and can always be updated ]]> 2016-10-20 01:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131956633 Conspiracy theory domverwey https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131971822 Humans finding patterns when there are none can lead to superstition or false claims regarding society, life or existence]]> 2016-10-20 03:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131971822 IQ tests domverwey https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131971878 Are based mostly on pattern recognition - is this representative of true/extensive knowledge]]> 2016-10-20 03:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131971878 Weather as an example of pattern recognition domverwey https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131972018 weatherman finds pattern, which then leads to predictions about future weather, impacting agriculture and population fluxes of animals]]> 2016-10-20 03:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/131972018 Confirmation Bias s00113 https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133519588 Thinking there is a pattern, and only selecting events/facts/observations that prove the pattern]]> 2016-10-27 03:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133519588 Michael Shermer s00113 https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133519886 http://www.michaelshermer.com/2008/12/patternicity/
    https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shermer_the_pattern_behind_self_deception?language=en

    ]]>     2016-10-27 03:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133519886     Special Pleading Fallacy s00113 https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133521105 Holding on to old beliefs by coming up with an explanation for why something isnt true in that one case]]> 2016-10-27 03:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133521105 False Cause Fallacy s00113 https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133521288 Misinterpreting correlation for causation]]> 2016-10-27 04:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133521288 Bandwagon s00113 https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133521469 If a pattern is not there but gains enough attention, it can gain traction]]> 2016-10-27 04:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133521469 The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy s00113 https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133521681 Finding a pattern to fit a presumption by cherry-picking clusters of information]]> 2016-10-27 04:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133521681 Patterns/ categorisation laurathomson https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133521714 https://activatingtok.net/2016/09/15/is-that-woman-really-a-man-tidy-categories-messy-world/]]> 2016-10-27 04:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133521714 s00113 https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133521863 2016-10-27 04:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133521863 THE BAADER-MEINHOF PHENOMENON and Synchronicity s00113 https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133522050 Coincidentally hearing the mention of a word or knowledge repeatedly after learning it when it supposedly wasn't there before

    Synchronicity is highly meaningful coincidence, such as a person calling you just as you were thinking of them (speak of the devil, and such)]]>     2016-10-27 04:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133522050     Learning by associacion  s00113 https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133522408 Early humans, learning what to eat and what not to based off of how it affects people

    Pavlov's dogs

    B. F. Skinner's behavorial conditioning]]>     2016-10-27 04:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/133522408     DEFINE: s00113 https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/134390789 Patterns
    adept (science backing)]]>     2016-11-01 05:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/134390789     Do not forget to properly conclude your TOK essay !!! Many students don't https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/154094820 2017-02-15 17:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/154094820 Facial Recognition https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/159466883 Our minds form patterns based on similar memories
    Do patterns contribute to the origin of stereotypes?]]>     2017-03-12 03:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/159466883     https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/160514345 2017-03-16 13:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/160514345 https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/175289019 2017-06-05 22:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/175289019 https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/175336166 2017-06-06 07:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/175336166 https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/294076035 2018-10-17 19:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/294076035 https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/308262083 2018-11-27 13:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/308262083 https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/1424786256 2021-04-16 10:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/1424786256 p toshinaritong https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/1511768049 2021-05-11 02:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/laurathomson/jej62qvi17c4/wish/1511768049