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Humans are pattern matching machines. I think it's the root of our intelligence - it's certainly necessary for our survival. Basic pattern matching is required to, say, determine what kinds of plants are safe to eat, and to figure out where big game is and to predict where it will be.

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What I noticed is that 1) some people are better at matching patterns than others, 2) there are different kinds of patterns (social, symbolic, spatial, etc.), and 3) some people have a particularly effective reinforcement loop around pattern matching.

Have you read on intelligence? Jeff Hawkins, talks about how everything we do is about detecting whats different in the patterns.

No, I haven't. I heard an interview with him, though, that makes me think we're thinking about similar ideas.

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