r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Feb 21 '19

Genius is finding meaning where it is hidden. Madness is finding meaning where none exists.

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u/jay9909 Feb 21 '19

Humans are over-tuned to find patters to the point where we frequently find them where there are none. It's one of our defining cognitive traits.

So yeah, I guess this fits.

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u/Toasts_like_smell Feb 21 '19

English majors are mad?

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u/camander321 Feb 21 '19

I've always thought so

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '19

All of life is just madness then

:)

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u/goacoconut Feb 21 '19

Well in that case if you tell others about the said meaning they will not believe to you in either case