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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Michael shermer gives my favorite explanation for this. It makes the most sense to me, anyway.

[Type 1 vs Type 2 errors](https://youtu.be/1AjLmU0Sfu4), and how that shaped our evolution.

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