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Try making a controlled experiment. Humans are notoriously good at seeing patterns that aren't there.

• goldenkey 8y ago
  The patterns are there. But often the connection is meaningful, not causal. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity
  • mseebach 8y ago
    The pattern in this case is the connection between surreptitious listening and the suggestion.
    • goldenkey 8y ago
      The brain is still seeing a pattern though it is one of correlated meanings/abstractions, not concrete causes.
• oswald 8y ago
  Someone conducted a simple experiment to see if the facebook app was listening to their conversations. Spoiler: it's listening to your every word. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0SOxb_Lfps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0SOxb_Lfps
  • mseebach 8y ago
    Yeah, that's not a controlled experiment. I can think of at least three benign explanations that is consistent with not listening. The experiment, the real, controlled (replicable!) one, isn't hard to do. You just need a couple of spare phones.