I'd be a little kinder. Apophenia is often associated with high intelligence. The reasons are not yet explained, although it's hard to intuitively disagree with suggestions that the cognitive systems are related e.g. because our minds are self-training speculative pattern-matching engines.

If everyone's engine had the same tuning, well then, the world might be a duller place indeed.

I agree, the world needs a healthy dose of jokers :)