eli5 why are humans so addicted to patterns?

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I’m sitting here and noticing that almost every bar tender is dancing to the almost exact beat to the music. So in general I’m wondering if anyone knows why we’re so addicted to patterns? From visual to audio and so on, what drives the brain to find and replicate patterns so much? Are other animals addicted to patterns?

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It’s an evolutionary trait. We are human, (by our standards) the intelligent and dominant species of our planet, because natural selection rewarded the select few of our very distant ancestors who were good at noticing patterns.

Amongst many other benefits, it allowed us to recognise seasons, knowing when to it preserve food for the coming winter, for example

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