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Re:Falcon Heavy Launch Live by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @12:43PM (#33423677)
>Our brains are wired to see twins (and symmetry) as evidence of intent as opposed to randomness.

This seems like a massive over-generalization.

Re:Falcon Heavy Launch Live by nickserv on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @12:49PM (#33423744)
Symmetry is part of beauty across time and culture. For example people with more facial symmetry are considered better looking.
Re:Falcon Heavy Launch Live by treis on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @01:01PM (#33423945)
Yes, but it's not evidence of intent. It's lack of deformity and disease.
Re:Falcon Heavy Launch Live by falcor84 on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @01:41PM (#33424594)
The word for "lack of deformity" is "form" which we generally use to refer to something which was generated based on a rule, as opposed to complete randomness.
Re:Falcon Heavy Launch Live by dilap on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @01:42PM (#33424602)
Which is evidence of intent! -- the intent of the genome being successfully carried out. :-)
Re:Falcon Heavy Launch Live by brookst on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @03:30PM (#33426223)
Perhaps? Can you think of a counter-example, where seeing an event happen once is more attention-getting and memorable than seeing the event happen twice in a row in quick succession?

Imagine you see a herd of deer trotting along, and one goes down. A hole, or ditch, or maybe a predator? Now imagine two deer go down at nearly the same time. Different implications, or at least different probabilities to the possible implications.

I'll stand by my over-generalization for now, but I'm open to counter-examples.