Klarinet Archive - Posting 000160.txt from 2005/04
From: Jim and Joyce <Lande_family@-----.net> Subj: [kl] RE Tag Lines Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:09:59 -0400
Tony Wrote:
>>Of course, taglines really irritate some people;
>>and I did once seriously offend someone who took
>>the random tagline to be a cunningly angled comment
>>by me on his relationship with the subject under
>>discussion.
>
>
Just ran across a good word: apophenia the
spontaneous perception of connections and
meaningfulness in unrelated things; seeing
patterns where none, in fact, exist
It may not be a common word, but it is a
common mental condition.
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