re: #282 Slumbering Behemoth

Not exactly. We are pattern seeking creatures, and that is why we tend to see patterns where none exist. Were there no patterns in reality (impossible), we would still see patterns because of our nature.

Michael Shermer has a pretty good TEDTalk on the subject, if you have 19 minutes to spare.

But without patterns (or if you prefer, laws of nature) we would not even exist, as no chemical reaction would ever repeat itself.

We perhaps find patterns because they are there to find.