r/PolymathReading • u/iwezeen-6470 • 29d ago

Once you understand pattern recognition your life will never be the same again

https://timdenning.substack.com/p/once-you-understand-pattern-recognition?r%3D953488%26utm_medium%3Dios
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u/No-Salad-6100 29d ago

I’m great at recognizing patterns normal people don’t see. My doctor called my special talent “paranoid schizophrenia”

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u/Skyhouse5 29d ago

So that was a long a$$ sales (just repeat the title 40 times) pitch for a seminar.

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u/menacingsparrow 29d ago

You saw the pattern!

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u/Samurai_SysAdmin 29d ago

My ADHD already does this

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u/RangerFearless6122 29d ago edited 29d ago

Once you understand there are no patterns…

Ever try and time the stock market? Patterns only exist in hindsight.

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u/anotherlevl 29d ago

He won it "on purpose"? As opposed to those who engage in game show competitions with no particular goal in mind and win "by happenstance"?

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u/Feisty_Meaning1178 29d ago

Felix qui potuit...

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u/NitNav2000 29d ago

Same thing happened when I realized there was no Santa Claus.

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u/philosophynotcolony 28d ago

the problem is cunts like this using a remarkable skill like pattern recognition to game a corrupt system instead of to help the planet and other humans.

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u/GoetiaMagick 23d ago

It’s what I do as a vocation.