Well, approximately speaking (and you can fill in the blanks yourself) it's to do with the fact that the brain works via pattern matching, combined with Ramsey Theory (or some slightly less pure equivalent).
Essentially - if you have enough data, there must be patterns in it.
Re: Readings
Date: 2003-03-03 07:31 am (UTC)Essentially - if you have enough data, there must be patterns in it.