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Re:Australian regulator investigates Google data harvesting ... by goldenkey on Monday May 14, 2018 @05:15AM (#17063965)
The patterns are there. But often the connection is meaningful, not causal.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity

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Re:Australian regulator investigates Google data harvesting ... by mseebach on Monday May 14, 2018 @08:24AM (#17064809)
The pattern in this case is the connection between surreptitious listening and the suggestion.
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Re:Australian regulator investigates Google data harvesting ... by goldenkey on Monday May 14, 2018 @03:41PM (#17068750)
The brain is still seeing a pattern though it is one of correlated meanings/abstractions, not concrete causes.
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