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Now, what are we talking about today? We're talking about", 160.46, 164.94, 1.0]]}, {"start": 164.94, "end": 171.98, "text": "a fascinating phenomenon called apophenia. That it's there for a reason, our desire, our need to", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["a fascinating phenomenon called apophenia. That it's there for a reason, our desire, our need to", 164.94, 171.98, 1.0]]}, {"start": 171.98, "end": 177.58, "text": "find patterns or to make meaning in most every single thing that we do or see. But sometimes", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["find patterns or to make meaning in most every single thing that we do or see. But sometimes", 171.98, 177.58, 1.0]]}, {"start": 177.687, "end": 182.38, "text": "trying to make meaning of things will take us out of that very moment and we'll find ourselves", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["trying to make meaning of things will take us out of that very moment and we'll find ourselves", 177.69, 182.38, 1.0]]}, {"start": 182.38, "end": 188.14, "text": "missing out on opportunities for connection, connection to others, connection to the universe,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["missing out on opportunities for connection, connection to others, connection to the universe,", 182.38, 188.14, 1.0]]}, {"start": 188.14, "end": 193.98, "text": "to nature, to your version of God, of deity, of all the wonderful things that are in your life.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["to nature, to your version of God, of deity, of all the wonderful things that are in your life.", 188.14, 193.98, 1.0]]}, {"start": 194.737, "end": 201.192, "text": "We're going to talk about this concept of apothenia today, that and so much more coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch.", "confidence": 0.97, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["We're going to talk about this concept of apothenia today,", 194.74, 197.04, 1.0], ["that and so much more coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch.", 197.42, 201.19, 0.933867335319519]]}, {"start": 201.52, "end": 222.0, "text": "Music.", "newpara": true}, {"start": 221.996, "end": 227.846, "text": "Hey everybody, welcome to episode 376 of The Virtual Couch. I am your host, Tony Overbay.", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["Hey everybody, welcome to episode 376 of The Virtual Couch. I am your host, Tony Overbay.", 222.0, 227.85, 1.0]]}, {"start": 228.27, "end": 231.844, "text": "I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist and host of Waking Up to Narcissism and now,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist and host of Waking Up to Narcissism and now,", 228.27, 231.84, 1.0]]}, {"start": 232.486, "end": 237.566, "text": "Murder on the Couch, as well as a couple of other podcasts, one that is coming out soon", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["Murder on the Couch, as well as a couple of other podcasts, one that is coming out soon", 232.49, 237.57, 1.0]]}, {"start": 237.566, "end": 241.432, "text": "as well. It's the He's a Porn Addict Now What? I always want to say the musical, but it's", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["as well. It's the He's a Porn Addict Now What? I always want to say the musical, but it's", 237.57, 241.43, 1.0]]}, {"start": 241.726, "end": 246.366, "text": "going to be the podcast where co-author Josh Shea and I have read over the questions that", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["going to be the podcast where co-author Josh Shea and I have read over the questions that", 241.73, 246.37, 1.0]]}, {"start": 246.366, "end": 249.687, "text": "are in the book and we're adding a little bit more because the book is now, I think,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["are in the book and we're adding a little bit more because the book is now, I think,", 246.37, 249.69, 1.0]]}, {"start": 249.806, "end": 254.866, "text": "or three years old. But today I want to get right at it. I am going to talk about a phenomenon", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["or three years old. But today I want to get right at it. I am going to talk about a phenomenon", 249.81, 254.87, 1.0]]}, {"start": 254.866, "end": 259.786, "text": "called apophenia. And I'm excited about today's episode because literally of something that", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["called apophenia. And I'm excited about today's episode because literally of something that", 254.87, 259.79, 1.0]]}, {"start": 259.786, "end": 265.738, "text": "happened this morning and I just want to go off of my train of thought to riff in a sense.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["happened this morning and I just want to go off of my train of thought to riff in a sense.", 259.79, 265.74, 1.0]]}, {"start": 266.306, "end": 270.77, "text": "And I think it's going to set the stage for what this concept of apophenia is. So let's,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And I think it's going to set the stage for what this concept of apophenia is. So let's,", 266.31, 270.77, 1.0]]}, {"start": 271.266, "end": 274.806, "text": "go on my train of thought today, the day that I'm recording this episode, it won't be the", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["go on my train of thought today, the day that I'm recording this episode, it won't be the", 271.27, 274.81, 1.0]]}, {"start": 274.806, "end": 277.333, "text": "the day that it will be released. But today is my wife's birthday.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["the day that it will be released.", 274.81, 275.89, 1.0], ["But today is my wife's birthday.", 275.89, 277.33, 1.0]]}, {"start": 278.246, "end": 282.606, "text": "Happy birthday, Wendy. And this morning I woke up and my plan had been", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["Happy birthday, Wendy.", 278.25, 279.05, 1.0], ["And this morning I woke up and my plan had been", 279.73, 282.61, 1.0]]}, {"start": 282.606, "end": 284.643, "text": "to do a little bit of decorating of the house", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["to do a little bit of decorating of the house", 282.61, 284.64, 1.0]]}, {"start": 284.726, "end": 286.488, "text": "because Wendy has done a phenomenal job.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["because Wendy has done a phenomenal job.", 284.73, 286.49, 1.0]]}, {"start": 286.846, "end": 289.886, "text": "We put streamers up in the doorways and we have a happy birthday sign", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["We put streamers up in the doorways", 286.85, 288.49, 1.0], ["and we have a happy birthday sign", 288.49, 289.89, 1.0]]}, {"start": 289.886, "end": 293.447, "text": "that goes from arch to arch in the dining room,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["that goes from arch to arch in the dining room,", 289.89, 293.45, 1.0]]}, {"start": 293.686, "end": 296.049, "text": "or I guess it's between the family room and the kitchen.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["or I guess it's between the family room and the kitchen.", 293.69, 296.05, 1.0]]}, {"start": 296.526, "end": 300.446, "text": "And you tape it up and you tape the streamers and the kids have woken up all the time", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["And you tape it up and you tape the streamers", 296.53, 298.53, 1.0], ["and the kids have woken up all the time", 298.53, 300.45, 1.0]]}, {"start": 300.446, "end": 308.13, "text": "to seeing the house decorated. So I get up early and I cannot find the decorations and I look and I look and I can't find them.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["to seeing the house decorated.", 300.45, 302.21, 1.0], ["So I get up early and I cannot find the decorations and I look and I look and I can't find them.", 302.21, 308.13, 1.0]]}, {"start": 308.526, "end": 314.215, "text": "And so then I end up heading out to work a little bit late. Now if you want to talk about late, it's actually still really early.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And so then I end up heading out to work a little bit late.", 308.53, 311.45, 1.0], ["Now if you want to talk about late, it's actually still really early.", 311.78, 314.22, 1.0]]}, {"start": 314.62, "end": 319.086, "text": "It was around 4 or 4.15 in the morning because I like to come to the office really early", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["It was around 4 or 4.15 in the morning because I like to come to the office really early", 314.62, 319.09, 1.0]]}, {"start": 319.086, "end": 323.713, "text": "and record, record and write whenever I can. It's very quiet in the office.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["and record, record and write whenever I can.", 319.09, 321.93, 1.0], ["It's very quiet in the office.", 321.93, 323.71, 1.0]]}, {"start": 323.966, "end": 329.046, "text": "So I get on my vehicle. My vehicle currently is called a Can-Am Riker.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So I get on my vehicle.", 323.97, 326.31, 1.0], ["My vehicle currently is called a Can-Am Riker.", 326.49, 329.05, 1.0]]}, {"start": 329.046, "end": 335.006, "text": "It's basically a tricycle of a motorcycle. If you want to look one up, maybe I'll put the link in the show notes", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["It's basically a tricycle of a motorcycle.", 329.05, 332.09, 1.0], ["If you want to look one up, maybe I'll put the link in the show notes", 332.09, 335.01, 1.0]]}, {"start": 335.006, "end": 341.206, "text": "because I love this thing, but it's something that I think would probably not be the first thing that you would imagine that I am driving.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["because I love this thing, but it's something that I think would probably", 335.01, 338.25, 1.0], ["not be the first thing that you would imagine that I am driving.", 338.25, 341.21, 1.0]]}, {"start": 341.206, "end": 348.806, "text": "And as a matter of fact, a few years ago on one of my four pillars of a connected conversation episodes, I joked about being on a walk and seeing one of", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And as a matter of fact, a few years ago on one of my four pillars of a", 341.21, 344.81, 1.0], ["connected conversation episodes, I joked about being on a walk and seeing one of", 345.08, 348.81, 1.0]]}, {"start": 348.806, "end": 352.806, "text": "these and saying to my wife while we were on the walk, explaining the four pillars", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["these and saying to my wife while we were on the walk, explaining the four pillars", 348.81, 352.81, 1.0]]}, {"start": 352.806, "end": 355.887, "text": "to her, that my pillar two is that you can't tell somebody that you think that", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["to her, that my pillar two is that you can't tell somebody that you think that", 352.81, 355.89, 1.0]]}, {"start": 355.959, "end": 359.166, "text": "they're wrong or something that you disagree with them, even if you do think", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["they're wrong or something that you disagree with them, even if you do think", 355.96, 359.17, 1.0]]}, {"start": 359.166, "end": 362.593, "text": "that they're wrong or you disagree because that's going to shut the conversation down.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["that they're wrong or you disagree because that's going to shut the conversation down.", 359.17, 362.59, 1.0]]}, {"start": 362.766, "end": 367.193, "text": "And we saw one of these drive by and I said, for example, I really like one of those.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And we saw one of these drive by and I said, for example, I really like one of those.", 362.77, 367.19, 1.0]]}, {"start": 367.326, "end": 370.286, "text": "And she said, oh, and I said, I think I would like to have one one day.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And she said, oh, and I said, I think I would like to have one one day.", 367.33, 370.29, 1.0]]}, {"start": 370.286, "end": 372.046, "text": "And she's like, oh, no, you'll never be having one of those.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And she's like, oh, no, you'll never be having one of those.", 370.29, 372.05, 1.0]]}, {"start": 372.046, "end": 373.369, "text": "And I said, oh, you broke pillar two.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And I said, oh, you broke pillar two.", 372.05, 373.37, 1.0]]}, {"start": 373.806, "end": 376.034, "text": "And she jokingly said, I don't care. 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Now, why did I need gas?", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I forgot that I needed gas.", 413.78, 414.9, 1.0], ["Now, why did I need gas?", 414.9, 416.02, 1.0]]}, {"start": 416.733, "end": 420.01, "text": "Because Friday when I was driving home, I had an opportunity to stop and get gas.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["Because Friday when I was driving home, I had an opportunity to stop and get gas.", 416.73, 420.01, 1.0]]}, {"start": 420.257, "end": 422.35, "text": "But at that point, I just wanted to get home.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["But at that point, I just wanted to get home.", 420.26, 422.35, 1.0]]}, {"start": 422.539, "end": 426.816, "text": "I really didn't have any pressing time issues, but it had been quite a long week.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I really didn't have any pressing time issues, but it had been quite a long week.", 422.54, 426.82, 1.0]]}, {"start": 427.167, "end": 431.803, "text": "And I thought, I just want to get home. I'll get gas later. I thought I would probably get gas on Saturday.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And I thought, I just want to get home.", 427.17, 428.66, 1.0], ["I'll get gas later.", 428.66, 429.94, 1.0], ["I thought I would probably get gas on Saturday.", 430.19, 431.8, 1.0]]}, {"start": 432.343, "end": 435.137, "text": "And instead, I didn't. So I'm almost out of gas.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And instead, I didn't.", 432.34, 433.54, 1.0], ["So I'm almost out of gas.", 433.54, 435.14, 1.0]]}, {"start": 435.137, "end": 438.097, "text": "So I need to stop and get gas to the point where I need to stop it.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So I need to stop and get gas to the point where I need to stop it.", 435.14, 438.1, 1.0]]}, {"start": 438.097, "end": 442.993, "text": "At a grocery store or at a convenience store that I don't normally stop at that's a little closer to my home.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["At a grocery store or at a convenience store", 438.1, 440.5, 1.0], ["that I don't normally stop at", 440.5, 441.78, 1.0], ["that's a little closer to my home.", 441.78, 442.99, 1.0]]}, {"start": 443.497, "end": 449.737, "text": "So I stop there, I'm on the Can-Am Riker, I stop to get gas, and then I decide I wanna go in and get,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So I stop there, I'm on the Can-Am Riker,", 443.5, 445.8, 1.0], ["I stop to get gas, and then I decide I wanna go in and get,", 445.8, 449.74, 1.0]]}, {"start": 449.737, "end": 451.869, "text": "sometimes they have a breakfast burrito that I enjoy.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["sometimes they have a breakfast burrito that I enjoy.", 449.74, 451.87, 1.0]]}, {"start": 452.057, "end": 454.939, "text": "So I haven't been to this place in a long time, so I think I'm gonna go in.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So I haven't been to this place in a long time,", 452.06, 454.02, 1.0], ["so I think I'm gonna go in.", 454.02, 454.94, 1.0]]}, {"start": 455.417, "end": 460.497, "text": "And being pretty lazy, I leave my motorcycle helmet on. I walk in there, I get the breakfast burrito,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And being pretty lazy, I leave my motorcycle helmet on.", 455.42, 458.44, 1.0], ["I walk in there, I get the breakfast burrito,", 458.62, 460.5, 1.0]]}, {"start": 460.497, "end": 464.977, "text": "and as I go up to the counter, the lady says, hey, the last time that you were here,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["and as I go up to the counter, the lady says,", 460.5, 463.09, 1.0], ["hey, the last time that you were here,", 463.37, 464.98, 1.0]]}, {"start": 464.977, "end": 466.2, "text": "the cops came looking for you.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["the cops came looking for you.", 464.98, 466.2, 1.0]]}, {"start": 467.47, "end": 475.117, "text": "I've never walked into a convenience store at 4.30 in the morning with my motorcycle helmet on and heard somebody say, the last time you were here, the cops were looking for you.", "confidence": 0.93, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["I've never walked into a convenience store at 4.30 in the morning with my motorcycle helmet on and heard somebody say, the last time you were here, the cops were looking for you.", 467.47, 475.12, 0.9284111261367798]]}, {"start": 475.597, "end": 481.99, "text": "And so I said, oh, I, I don't know if I've really ever been here before in the morning, especially with my motorcycle helmet on.", "confidence": 0.93, "timestamps": [["And so I said, oh, I, I don't know if I've really ever been here before in the morning, especially with my motorcycle helmet on.", 475.6, 481.99, 0.9284111261367798]]}, {"start": 482.657, "end": 485.726, "text": "And she said, okay, because it was somebody that rode a bike like yours.", "confidence": 0.93, "timestamps": [["And she said, okay, because it was somebody that rode a bike like yours.", 482.66, 485.73, 0.9284111261367798]]}, {"start": 486.557, "end": 489.677, "text": "And then I even thought, did she see my tricycle pull into the parking lot?", "confidence": 0.93, "timestamps": [["And then I even thought, did she see my tricycle pull into the parking lot?", 486.56, 489.68, 0.9284111261367798]]}, {"start": 489.759, "end": 492.091, "text": "Because I don't think I've ever seen a tricycle pull into a parking lot.", "confidence": 0.93, "timestamps": [["Because I don't think I've ever seen a tricycle pull into a parking lot.", 489.76, 492.09, 0.9284111261367798]]}, {"start": 492.577, "end": 495.657, "text": "And then I even thought, did she see my tricycle pull into the parking lot?", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And then I even thought, did she see my tricycle pull into the parking lot?", 492.58, 495.66, 1.0]]}, {"start": 495.657, "end": 502.197, "text": "Because I don't think I've ever been confused as being some motorcycle riders, a matter of fact, I don't even get the, the convenience courtesy", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["Because I don't think I've ever been confused as being some motorcycle", 495.66, 498.88, 1.0], ["riders, a matter of fact, I don't even get the, the convenience courtesy", 498.88, 502.2, 1.0]]}, {"start": 502.197, "end": 506.117, "text": "wave by other motorcycle riders. When you pass by them on the freeway, which I thought I might get.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["wave by other motorcycle riders.", 502.2, 503.68, 1.0], ["When you pass by them on the freeway, which I thought I might get.", 503.68, 506.12, 1.0]]}, {"start": 506.963, "end": 514.939, "text": "Being on this, uh, Can-Am Riker, but apparently the three wheels doesn't give you the credibility to get the wave from fellow motorcycle riders.", "confidence": 0.97, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["Being on this, uh, Can-Am Riker, but apparently the three wheels doesn't", 506.96, 510.98, 1.0], ["give you the credibility to get the wave from fellow motorcycle riders.", 511.07, 514.94, 0.9424993991851807]]}, {"start": 515.632, "end": 520.042, "text": "But she said, okay, well, I think it really was you, or at least it looked like you, but", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["But she said, okay, well, I think it really was you, or at least it looked like you, but", 515.63, 520.04, 1.0]]}, {"start": 520.042, "end": 521.663, "text": "then again, you've got your helmet on.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["then again, you've got your helmet on.", 520.04, 521.66, 1.0]]}, {"start": 521.882, "end": 527.122, "text": "So I was a little bit rattled and I walked out of the convenience store thinking, okay,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So I was a little bit rattled and I walked out of the convenience store thinking, okay,", 521.88, 527.12, 1.0]]}, {"start": 527.122, "end": 528.289, "text": "that just feels really odd.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["that just feels really odd.", 527.12, 528.29, 1.0]]}, {"start": 528.406, "end": 530.495, "text": "I just feel like something is really strange.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I just feel like something is really strange.", 528.41, 530.49, 1.0]]}, {"start": 530.682, "end": 535.932, "text": "So then as I'm putting my burrito away and I am starting to fire up the can-am, a guy,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So then as I'm putting my burrito away and I am starting to fire up the can-am, a guy,", 530.68, 535.93, 1.0]]}, {"start": 536.442, "end": 538.615, "text": "runs out and he says, hey, did you drop your credit card?", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["runs out and he says, hey, did you drop your credit card?", 536.44, 538.61, 1.0]]}, {"start": 539.322, "end": 544.781, "text": "And I was pretty sure I didn't. I had just had one card in my back pocket because of riding a motorcycle.", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["And I was pretty sure I didn't.", 539.32, 540.4, 1.0], ["I had just had one card in my back pocket because of riding a motorcycle.", 540.46, 544.78, 1.0]]}, {"start": 545.282, "end": 548.162, "text": "And so then I reach and I have it, matter of fact, I just felt that it's still in my", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And so then I reach and I have it, matter of fact, I just felt that it's still in my", 545.28, 548.16, 1.0]]}, {"start": 548.162, "end": 549.822, "text": "back right pocket right now.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["back right pocket right now.", 548.16, 549.82, 1.0]]}, {"start": 550.442, "end": 555.562, "text": "So I said, Oh no, I'm okay, thanks. And he said, I'm pretty sure this was yours.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So I said, Oh no, I'm okay, thanks.", 550.44, 552.28, 1.0], ["And he said, I'm pretty sure this was yours.", 552.28, 555.56, 1.0]]}, {"start": 555.562, "end": 559.802, "text": "And I just said, no, I'm pretty sure it wasn't. I've got mine, but thank you.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And I just said, no, I'm pretty sure it wasn't.", 555.56, 557.76, 1.0], ["I've got mine, but thank you.", 557.76, 559.8, 1.0]]}, {"start": 559.802, "end": 564.842, "text": "And part of me now, even now thinks I probably should have at least went and saw it, but I just got rattled.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And part of me now, even now thinks I probably should have at least went and saw it, but", 559.8, 563.84, 1.0], ["I just got rattled.", 563.84, 564.84, 1.0]]}, {"start": 565.045, "end": 568.062, "text": "And all of a sudden I think, wait, is this a sting to take down the guy that was here", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And all of a sudden I think, wait, is this a sting to take down the guy that was here", 565.05, 568.06, 1.0]]}, {"start": 568.062, "end": 576.316, "text": "before that looked like me? And I promise you now, I look over to my right and the local police drive by.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["before that looked like me?", 568.06, 569.88, 1.0], ["And I promise you now, I look over to my right and the local police drive by.", 569.88, 576.32, 1.0]]}, {"start": 576.642, "end": 580.402, "text": "And now we're at 4.30 in the morning, the last time a guy was on apparently a trike", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And now we're at 4.30 in the morning, the last time a guy was on apparently a trike", 576.64, 580.4, 1.0]]}, {"start": 580.402, "end": 584.454, "text": "like mine and had stopped by this place that the cops had come asking about him.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["like mine and had stopped by this place that the cops had come asking about him.", 580.4, 584.45, 1.0]]}, {"start": 584.859, "end": 589.082, "text": "So all of a sudden, I'm a little bit panicked. I'm a little bit paranoid and I just think, this is crazy.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So all of a sudden, I'm a little bit panicked.", 584.86, 586.34, 1.0], ["I'm a little bit paranoid and I just think, this is crazy.", 586.57, 589.08, 1.0]]}, {"start": 589.225, "end": 593.162, "text": "Now, the craziest part is that had I been able to find these decorations, I probably", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["Now, the craziest part is that had I been able to find these decorations, I probably", 589.23, 593.16, 1.0]]}, {"start": 593.162, "end": 594.802, "text": "wouldn't have left at the time I did.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["wouldn't have left at the time I did.", 593.16, 594.8, 1.0]]}, {"start": 594.802, "end": 598.922, "text": "And had I gotten the gas last Friday, then there would have been no reason for me to", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And had I gotten the gas last Friday, then there would have been no reason for me to", 594.8, 598.92, 1.0]]}, {"start": 598.922, "end": 603.462, "text": "to get gas on a Monday morning, and even further so, had we not had maybe this", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["to get gas on a Monday morning, and even further so, had we not had maybe this", 598.92, 603.46, 1.0]]}, {"start": 603.462, "end": 607.062, "text": "little pandemic that had happened, then I might've actually gotten a different", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["little pandemic that had happened, then I might've actually gotten a different", 603.46, 607.06, 1.0]]}, {"start": 607.062, "end": 609.246, "text": "car rather than buying this tricycle.", "confidence": 0.95, "timestamps": [["car rather than buying this tricycle.", 607.06, 609.25, 0.9489807486534119]]}, {"start": 609.967, "end": 615.657, "text": "Now, that's a lot of what-ifs and it could have been. But today we're going to talk a little bit", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["Now, that's a lot of what-ifs and it could have been. But today we're going to talk a little bit", 609.97, 615.66, 1.0]]}, {"start": 615.657, "end": 620.297, "text": "about patterns. And we're going to talk about seeing patterns in the universe, seeing patterns", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["about patterns. And we're going to talk about seeing patterns in the universe, seeing patterns", 615.66, 620.3, 1.0]]}, {"start": 620.297, "end": 626.217, "text": "in behavior, seeing patterns in things that just happen to us. And I don't want to say that I am", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["in behavior, seeing patterns in things that just happen to us. And I don't want to say that I am", 620.3, 626.22, 1.0]]}, {"start": 626.217, "end": 630.217, "text": "challenging the concept of that things happen for a reason, because I do believe that a lot of", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["challenging the concept of that things happen for a reason, because I do believe that a lot of", 626.22, 630.22, 1.0]]}, {"start": 630.217, "end": 635.657, "text": "people live by that creed. And I know that at one point that was something that I absolutely did.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["people live by that creed. And I know that at one point that was something that I absolutely did.", 630.22, 635.66, 1.0]]}, {"start": 636.334, "end": 641.897, "text": "And there is still a version of that that I can hang on to, that if things happen for a reason,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And there is still a version of that that I can hang on to, that if things happen for a reason,", 636.33, 641.9, 1.0]]}, {"start": 642.285, "end": 647.137, "text": "that even the reason why all these things happen is maybe that was an opportunity for me to self", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["that even the reason why all these things happen is maybe that was an opportunity for me to self", 642.28, 647.14, 1.0]]}, {"start": 647.137, "end": 652.417, "text": "confront. And as a matter of fact, I hesitated, do I tell this part or not? But one of the things", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["confront. And as a matter of fact, I hesitated, do I tell this part or not? 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So you", 656.78, 662.26, 1.0]]}, {"start": 662.257, "end": 663.89, "text": "you don't have to get a motorcycle license.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["you don't have to get a motorcycle license.", 662.26, 663.89, 1.0]]}, {"start": 664.417, "end": 668.986, "text": "And so then when I went to get insurance for it, they said, I think that you need a motorcycle license", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And so then when I went to get insurance for it,", 664.42, 666.4, 1.0], ["they said, I think that you need a motorcycle license", 666.4, 668.99, 1.0]]}, {"start": 669.237, "end": 672.541, "text": "in order to get the insurance, but then it turns out that I didn't have to get that.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["in order to get the insurance,", 669.24, 670.42, 1.0], ["but then it turns out that I didn't have to get that.", 670.42, 672.54, 1.0]]}, {"start": 673.497, "end": 676.737, "text": "The reason I say I even hesitate on that is because now that I understand more", 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So I hope you can see why I was so excited to even just go on", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["it on a Monday instead. So I hope you can see why I was so excited to even just go on", 740.02, 744.5, 1.0]]}, {"start": 744.497, "end": 748.737, "text": "this random train of thought today. And we're going to dig more into the concepts of apophenia", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["this random train of thought today. And we're going to dig more into the concepts of apophenia", 744.5, 748.74, 1.0]]}, {"start": 748.737, "end": 754.577, "text": "now. But I know that people in my office often say that they feel like everything in their", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["now. But I know that people in my office often say that they feel like everything in their", 748.74, 754.58, 1.0]]}, {"start": 754.577, "end": 759.224, "text": "life does happen for a reason. And I think that that argument can definitely be made.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["life does happen for a reason. 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And then I woke up today and I wasn't able to find them.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I just thought I knew where they were. And then I woke up today and I wasn't able to find them.", 1068.38, 1072.78, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1072.78, "end": 1076.7, "text": "So then I needed to get to work and I forgot to get gas last week. And again,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So then I needed to get to work and I forgot to get gas last week. 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I went to a doctor's appointment on Friday, which took extra gas, which that was the reason", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I don't think I even mentioned that.", 1087.77, 1088.88, 1.0], ["I went to a doctor's appointment on Friday, which took extra gas, which that was the reason", 1089.02, 1092.76, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1092.76, "end": 1099.22, "text": "why I was driving back where I needed gas. And I went to that doctor's appointment on Friday because I think I'd already canceled", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["why I was driving back where I needed gas.", 1092.76, 1095.94, 1.0], ["And I went to that doctor's appointment on Friday because I think I'd already canceled", 1095.94, 1099.22, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1099.22, "end": 1100.959, "text": "it one other time. Why did I cancel it?", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["it one other time.", 1099.22, 1099.98, 1.0], ["Why did I cancel it?", 1100.22, 1100.96, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1101.58, "end": 1105.66, "text": "Because I'm not always the biggest fan of going to doctors. So why is that?", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["Because I'm not always the biggest fan of going to doctors.", 1101.58, 1104.06, 1.0], ["So why is that?", 1104.61, 1105.66, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1105.66, "end": 1109.98, "text": "Do I then go all the way back to my childhood and, you know, did my parents, did we go to", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["Do I then go all the way back to my childhood and, you know, did my parents, did we go to", 1105.66, 1109.98, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1109.98, "end": 1115.255, "text": "the doctor often? Did we not go to the doctor? Are there people in my life that have bad situations or things that have happened at", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["the doctor often?", 1109.98, 1110.98, 1.0], ["Did we not go to the doctor?", 1110.98, 1111.98, 1.0], ["Are there people in my life that have bad situations or things that have happened at", 1111.98, 1115.25, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1115.46, "end": 1116.515, "text": "doctor's offices?", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["doctor's offices?", 1115.46, 1116.52, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1116.98, "end": 1121.3, "text": "So sometimes that's where I want to say it's really hard to make sense of all of the different", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So sometimes that's where I want to say it's really hard to make sense of all of the different", 1116.98, 1121.3, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1121.3, "end": 1126.86, "text": "things that go into one's decision and sometimes just saying, okay, that happened and now what", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["things that go into one's decision and sometimes just saying, okay, that happened and now what", 1121.3, 1126.86, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1126.86, "end": 1128.659, "text": "do I do with it can be very powerful.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["do I do with it can be very powerful.", 1126.86, 1128.66, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1129.5, "end": 1134.66, "text": "So the article that I'm going to refer to today to talk more about apophenia is one", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["So the article that I'm going to refer to today to talk more about apophenia is one", 1129.5, 1134.66, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1134.66, "end": 1141.06, "text": "from psychcentral.com, and it's by a psychologist named, or actually medically reviewed by Kendra", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["from psychcentral.com, and it's by a psychologist named, or actually medically reviewed by Kendra", 1134.66, 1141.06, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1141.208, "end": 1146.034, "text": "Kubala, who's a clinical psychologist. And the article was written by Kathy Lovering,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["Kubala, who's a clinical psychologist. And the article was written by Kathy Lovering,", 1141.21, 1146.03, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1146.466, "end": 1151.38, "text": "and this is back from December of 2021. But she's talking about all about apophenia. So", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["and this is back from December of 2021. But she's talking about all about apophenia. 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Scientists may draw conclusions from patterns and data that aren't really there.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["She said professionals aren't immune to apophenia either.", 1190.51, 1192.92, 1.0], ["Scientists may draw conclusions from patterns and data that aren't really there.", 1192.92, 1197.16, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1197.266, "end": 1202.524, "text": "Medical professionals may make incorrect diagnoses based on apophenia or seeing patterns of behavior.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["Medical professionals may make incorrect diagnoses based on apophenia", 1197.27, 1200.74, 1.0], ["or seeing patterns of behavior.", 1201.07, 1202.52, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1202.524, "end": 1208.482, "text": "So it might go ahead and cue up their brains to say, okay, if I've seen this pattern, then I can make this assumption,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So it might go ahead and cue up their brains to say,", 1202.52, 1205.4, 1.0], ["okay, if I've seen this pattern, then I can make this assumption,", 1205.4, 1208.48, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1209.184, "end": 1210.684, "text": "that this next thing must be true.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["that this next thing must be true.", 1209.18, 1210.68, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1211.408, "end": 1215.964, "text": "So she said for most people, apophenia is a common occurrence that doesn't require any treatment.", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["So she said for most people, apophenia is a common occurrence", 1211.41, 1214.44, 1.0], ["that doesn't require any treatment.", 1214.44, 1215.96, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1215.964, "end": 1217.564, "text": "Again, that's what we're going to talk about today.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["Again, that's what we're going to talk about today.", 1215.96, 1217.56, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1217.683, "end": 1222.124, "text": "But if people have schizophrenia, then apophenia can be part of a delusion, and it can be part of", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["But if people have schizophrenia, then apophenia can be part of a delusion, and it can be part of", 1217.68, 1222.12, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1222.124, "end": 1226.316, "text": "them trying to absolutely make sense of things that just aren't making sense in their head.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["them trying to absolutely make sense of things that just aren't making sense in their head.", 1222.12, 1226.32, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1226.802, "end": 1230.924, "text": "She said if apophenia is disrupting your day-to-day life, there's hope, there's treatment", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["She said if apophenia is disrupting your day-to-day life, there's hope, there's treatment", 1226.8, 1230.92, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1230.924, "end": 1236.684, "text": "options, and people that do have the schizophrenic version of apophenia can find help to manage", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["options, and people that do have the schizophrenic version of apophenia can find help to manage", 1230.92, 1236.68, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1236.684, "end": 1242.284, "text": "symptoms. But let's talk more about just that desire we have to make sense of things, sometimes", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["symptoms. But let's talk more about just that desire we have to make sense of things, sometimes", 1236.68, 1242.28, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1242.284, "end": 1248.364, "text": "that don't make sense or are looking for patterns. So apophenia then means that we see these patterns", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["that don't make sense or are looking for patterns. So apophenia then means that we see these patterns", 1242.28, 1248.36, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1248.364, "end": 1254.376, "text": "and random events. She said it also applies when people deduce meaning from numbers or images,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["and random events. She said it also applies when people deduce meaning from numbers or images,", 1248.36, 1254.38, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1254.448, "end": 1259.244, "text": "shapes, or any other objects that do appear to be truly random. She said this phenomenon is", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["shapes, or any other objects that do appear to be truly random. She said this phenomenon is", 1254.45, 1259.24, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1259.244, "end": 1263.724, "text": "extremely common because we routinely look for patterns and we're predisposed for finding", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["extremely common because we routinely look for patterns and we're predisposed for finding", 1259.24, 1263.72, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1263.724, "end": 1268.684, "text": "patterns even when there are none. I think what's interesting is that I want to make sure that I am", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["patterns even when there are none. I think what's interesting is that I want to make sure that I am", 1263.72, 1268.68, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1268.684, "end": 1276.124, "text": "am not, I'm not inferring that people don't see numbers or patterns or patterns and things.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["am not, I'm not inferring that people don't see numbers or patterns or patterns and things.", 1268.68, 1276.12, 0.9975543022155762]]}, {"start": 1276.124, "end": 1279.084, "text": "And then that I'm trying to say that, well, those don't mean anything because who am I", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And then that I'm trying to say that, well, those don't mean anything because who am I", 1276.12, 1279.08, 0.9975543022155762]]}, {"start": 1279.084, "end": 1281.257, "text": "to question somebody else's experience?", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["to question somebody else's experience?", 1279.08, 1281.26, 0.9975543022155762]]}, {"start": 1281.684, "end": 1285.488, "text": "As a matter of fact, there are certain patterns of even things like numbers that I know that", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["As a matter of fact, there are certain patterns of even things like numbers that I know that", 1281.68, 1285.49, 0.9975543022155762]]}, {"start": 1285.569, "end": 1289.404, "text": "I see in my life that I have assigned some pretty significant meaning to.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I see in my life that I have assigned some pretty significant meaning to.", 1285.57, 1289.4, 0.9975543022155762]]}, {"start": 1289.539, "end": 1293.684, "text": "I mean, I feel like if there's anything I want to be as absolutely authentic and honest", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I mean, I feel like if there's anything I want to be as absolutely authentic and honest", 1289.54, 1293.68, 0.9975543022155762]]}, {"start": 1293.684, "end": 1298.124, "text": "about even as I cover this topic, because again, it's just a topic I'm fascinated", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["about even as I cover this topic, because again, it's just a topic I'm fascinated", 1293.68, 1298.12, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1298.124, "end": 1303.204, "text": "by. But there are absolutely things that I see in my life where I do say, okay, I", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["by. 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And at this point, I feel like there's some significance because I don't", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["numbers? And at this point, I feel like there's some significance because I don't", 1312.36, 1316.48, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1316.573, "end": 1319.642, "text": "seem to notice that I am looking for this particular pattern.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["seem to notice that I am looking for this particular pattern.", 1316.57, 1319.64, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1319.844, "end": 1323.204, "text": "She says, though, that if we look at causes of apophenia, there are no known", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["She says, though, that if we look at causes of apophenia, there are no known", 1319.84, 1323.2, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1323.204, "end": 1327.084, "text": "causes of apophenia, but here's why I really like this concept.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["causes of apophenia, but here's why I really like this concept.", 1323.2, 1327.08, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1327.084, "end": 1333.263, "text": "It has its roots in human biology, where creating linkages between events actually helped us for survival.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["It has its roots in human biology, where creating linkages between events actually helped us", 1327.08, 1332.28, 1.0], ["for survival.", 1332.48, 1333.26, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1334.343, "end": 1338.52, "text": "In his book, The Believing Brain, author Michael Shermer gives the example of an early hominid", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["In his book, The Believing Brain, author Michael Shermer gives the example of an early hominid", 1334.34, 1338.52, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1338.943, "end": 1340.654, "text": "who hears a rustle in the grass.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["who hears a rustle in the grass.", 1338.94, 1340.65, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1341.044, "end": 1345.497, "text": "So now they have a choice then to connect that sound with a predator and to react or", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So now they have a choice then to connect that sound with a predator and to react or", 1341.04, 1345.5, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1345.664, "end": 1347.0, "text": "to assume that it's nothing.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["to assume that it's nothing.", 1345.66, 1347.0, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1347.704, "end": 1352.244, "text": "So you see the rustle in the grass and you are early, you're on the plains and your only", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["So you see the rustle in the grass and you are early, you're on the plains and your only", 1347.7, 1352.24, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1352.244, "end": 1356.624, "text": "goal was survival. Your brain is truly a don't get killed device and you see a rustling in", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["goal was survival. Your brain is truly a don't get killed device and you see a rustling in", 1352.24, 1356.62, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1356.624, "end": 1361.464, "text": "the grass. So it would only make sense then to put the pattern together that if I see", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["the grass. So it would only make sense then to put the pattern together that if I see", 1356.62, 1361.46, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1361.464, "end": 1366.024, "text": "rustling the grass that I can anticipate a predator so that I can be on guard.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["rustling the grass that I can anticipate a predator so that I can be on guard.", 1361.46, 1366.02, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1366.67, "end": 1370.52, "text": "So again, she says they have a choice then to make that sound, or actually this is Michael", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So again, she says they have a choice then to make that sound, or actually this is Michael", 1366.67, 1370.52, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1370.52, "end": 1374.2, "text": "Shermer in his book, The Believing Brain, that if they hear the rustle in the grass,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["Shermer in his book, The Believing Brain, that if they hear the rustle in the grass,", 1370.52, 1374.2, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1374.2, "end": 1377.8, "text": "they have a choice to connect that sound with a predator and to react or to assume that it's", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["they have a choice to connect that sound with a predator and to react or to assume that it's", 1374.2, 1377.8, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1377.8, "end": 1383.08, "text": "nothing. Making the connection supports survival as the hominid gets out of the way of a potential", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["nothing. Making the connection supports survival as the hominid gets out of the way of a potential", 1377.8, 1383.08, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1383.08, "end": 1387.24, "text": "threat. And then apophenia can also be the result of training. Some scientists and medical", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["threat. And then apophenia can also be the result of training. Some scientists and medical", 1383.08, 1387.24, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1387.24, "end": 1392.552, "text": "professionals like pathologists and nurses start to connect facts and data to make diagnoses.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["professionals like pathologists and nurses start to connect facts and data to make diagnoses.", 1387.24, 1392.55, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1393.02, "end": 1396.801, "text": "But sometimes this skill can turn into a bias where people see patterns that aren't there.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["But sometimes this skill can turn into a bias where people see patterns that aren't there.", 1393.02, 1396.8, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1397.269, "end": 1402.76, "text": "And I know even in the world that I work in as a therapist, that I remember my sensei,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And I know even in the world that I work in as a therapist, that I remember my sensei,", 1397.27, 1402.76, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1402.76, "end": 1406.36, "text": "Darlene Davis, who I had 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There's one called, it's called pareidolia,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So there are a few different types of apophenia. There's one called, it's called pareidolia,", 1484.05, 1489.1, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1489.263, "end": 1494.061, "text": "and she says that this type involves seeing an image or sound from random visual or auditory", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["and she says that this type involves seeing an image or sound from random visual or auditory", 1489.26, 1494.06, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1494.061, "end": 1499.501, "text": "stimuli. A common form is face pareidolia, where elements of an object can make them resemble a", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["stimuli. A common form is face pareidolia, where elements of an object can make them resemble a", 1494.06, 1499.5, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1499.501, "end": 1503.981, "text": "face. And this is where you can find examples where people do feel like they see the face of", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["face. 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And again, being", 1508.86, 1514.66, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1514.661, "end": 1518.861, "text": "fully transparent, I have been starting to use a little bit of the concepts around artificial", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["fully transparent, I have been starting to use a little bit of the concepts around artificial", 1514.66, 1518.86, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1518.861, "end": 1523.461, "text": "intelligence and a little chat GBT to give examples. And that's been really fun to do", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["intelligence and a little chat GBT to give examples. And that's been really fun to do", 1518.86, 1523.46, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1523.461, "end": 1528.648, "text": "within a podcast. So I did turn to chat GBT and talked about some examples of pareidolia.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["within a podcast. So I did turn to chat GBT and talked about some examples of pareidolia.", 1523.46, 1528.65, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1529.413, "end": 1532.901, "text": "And it's pretty amazing if you want to start taking a look at the way that artificial intelligence", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["And it's pretty amazing if you want to start taking a look at the way that artificial intelligence", 1529.41, 1532.9, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1532.901, "end": 1537.421, "text": "works. But within a few seconds, it shared that pareidolia is a phenomenon where brain", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["works. But within a few seconds, it shared that pareidolia is a phenomenon where brain", 1532.9, 1537.42, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1537.421, "end": 1541.421, "text": "creates meaningful patterns or shapes from random stimuli. Here are a few examples of", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["creates meaningful patterns or shapes from random stimuli. 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And I appreciate", 1575.3, 1579.58, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1579.581, "end": 1583.401, "text": "the fact that even our artificial intelligent computers are saying it's important to note", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["the fact that even our artificial intelligent computers are saying it's important to note", 1579.58, 1583.4, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1583.401, "end": 1587.334, "text": "that peridolia is a natural phenomenon and not a sign of any mental health issues. It's.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["that peridolia is a natural phenomenon and not a sign of any mental health issues. It's.", 1583.4, 1587.33, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1587.861, "end": 1591.682, "text": "Simply the brain's way of finding patterns and making sense of the world around us.", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["Simply the brain's way of finding patterns and making sense of the world around us.", 1587.86, 1591.68, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1592.006, "end": 1596.03, "text": "I remember, and this is unfortunately, I'm being a little bit lighthearted here.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I remember, and this is unfortunately, I'm being a little bit lighthearted here.", 1592.01, 1596.03, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1596.489, "end": 1600.819, "text": "Well, unfortunately, a true story where at one point I hilariously had kept a little", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["Well, unfortunately, a true story where at one point I hilariously had kept a little", 1596.49, 1600.82, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1600.819, "end": 1604.474, "text": "bag of some... It was right when crunchy Cheetos came out, I have to admit.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["bag of some...", 1600.82, 1601.82, 1.0], ["It was right when crunchy Cheetos came out, I have to admit.", 1601.82, 1604.47, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1604.979, "end": 1608.259, "text": "And I had a little bag of these Cheetos that looked like different things.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And I had a little bag of these Cheetos that looked like different things.", 1604.98, 1608.26, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1608.259, "end": 1613.269, "text": "Now, I don't remember what they look like. I think I like to tell myself that one of them looked like Winston Churchill.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["Now, I don't remember what they look like.", 1608.26, 1609.9, 1.0], ["I think I like to tell myself that one of them looked like Winston Churchill.", 1609.9, 1613.27, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1613.323, "end": 1616.168, "text": "I don't even remember, but I thought that it was pretty funny.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I don't even remember, but I thought that it was pretty funny.", 1613.32, 1616.17, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1616.379, "end": 1619.539, "text": "And I thought that I was pretty funny in keeping them. And this is not as a child.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And I thought that I was pretty funny in keeping them.", 1616.38, 1618.34, 1.0], ["And this is not as a child.", 1618.34, 1619.54, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1619.539, "end": 1623.899, "text": "This was in my adult years. I worry that my kids might even remember about my Cheeto collection.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["This was in my adult years.", 1619.54, 1620.62, 1.0], ["I worry that my kids might even remember about my Cheeto collection.", 1620.62, 1623.9, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1623.899, "end": 1625.296, "text": "I don't even remember where it is right now.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I don't even remember where it is right now.", 1623.9, 1625.3, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1625.579, "end": 1627.601, "text": "And someday I think it was going to be hilarious.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And someday I think it was going to be hilarious.", 1625.58, 1627.6, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1627.939, "end": 1631.659, "text": "And I hope that I don't think that it was actually going to be worth money, which I", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And I hope that I don't think that it was actually going to be worth money, which I", 1627.94, 1631.66, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1631.659, "end": 1632.984, "text": "don't think that I did.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["don't think that I did.", 1631.66, 1632.98, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1633.279, "end": 1639.403, "text": "So the next one is clustering illusion. So this illusion involves seeing patterns and events and data when there is in fact", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So the next one is clustering illusion.", 1633.28, 1635.07, 1.0], ["So this illusion involves seeing patterns and events and data when there is in fact", 1635.24, 1639.4, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1639.448, "end": 1642.248, "text": "no connection between data points.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["no connection between data points.", 1639.45, 1642.25, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1642.399, "end": 1646.254, "text": "So the clustering illusion is one that I know that I have been guilty of as well, where.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So the clustering illusion is one that I know that I have been guilty of as well, where.", 1642.4, 1646.25, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1646.879, "end": 1650.939, "text": "You just start to see patterns of it would almost well, it would it would be the examples", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["You just start to see patterns of it would almost well, it would it would be the examples", 1646.88, 1650.94, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1650.939, "end": 1654.399, "text": "that I'm talking about this morning of that, okay, there must have been a reason why I", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["that I'm talking about this morning of that, okay, there must have been a reason why I", 1650.94, 1654.4, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1654.399, "end": 1659.679, "text": "couldn't find the decorations to decorate for my wife's birthday, which then led me to notice that", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["couldn't find the decorations to decorate for my wife's birthday, which then led me to notice that", 1654.4, 1659.68, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1659.679, "end": 1663.999, "text": "I was running a little bit late and now my gas tank was empty. I needed to stop at the closer", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I was running a little bit late and now my gas tank was empty. I needed to stop at the closer", 1659.68, 1664.0, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1663.999, "end": 1668.319, "text": "place. And then all of a sudden I wanted this burrito. And then going to get the burrito,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["place. And then all of a sudden I wanted this burrito. 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So I'm putting a whole", 1677.4, 1681.04, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1681.039, "end": 1686.539, "text": "cluster of data and information together in the hopes that I was going to make more sense of things.", "confidence": 0.98, "timestamps": [["cluster of data and information together in the hopes that I was going to make more sense", 1681.04, 1685.54, 0.9814296960830688], ["of things.", 1685.54, 1686.54, 0.9814296960830688]]}, {"start": 1686.539, "end": 1691.019, "text": "Okay, and then turning to a chat GBT for an example, I almost thought that they let me", "confidence": 0.98, "timestamps": [["Okay, and then turning to a chat GBT for an example, I almost thought that they let me", 1686.54, 1691.02, 0.9814296960830688]]}, {"start": 1691.019, "end": 1695.46, "text": "down. They meaning the computers or the artificial intelligence, but then they were able to pull", "confidence": 0.98, "timestamps": [["down.", 1691.02, 1692.02, 0.9814296960830688], ["They meaning the computers or the artificial intelligence, but then they were able to pull", 1692.02, 1695.46, 0.9814296960830688]]}, {"start": 1695.639, "end": 1696.594, "text": "it together at the end.", "confidence": 0.98, "timestamps": [["it together at the end.", 1695.64, 1696.59, 0.9814296960830688]]}, {"start": 1697.161, "end": 1702.788, "text": "I asked for a give a story example of a clustering illusion and it's a story. I love this.", "confidence": 0.98, "timestamps": [["I asked for a give a story example of a clustering illusion and it's a story.", 1697.16, 1702.0, 0.9814296960830688], ["I love this.", 1702.1, 1702.79, 0.9814296960830688]]}, {"start": 1703.099, "end": 1705.714, "text": "Once upon a time, there was a farmer named Jack who owned a small farm.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["Once upon a time, there was a farmer named Jack who owned a small farm.", 1703.1, 1705.71, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1706.308, "end": 1709.963, "text": "Jack had a large field where he grew various crops, including wheat, corn, and potatoes.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["Jack had a large field where he grew various crops, including wheat, corn, and potatoes.", 1706.31, 1709.96, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1710.422, "end": 1713.838, "text": "One day, Jack noticed that there were several areas in his field where the crops seemed to", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["One day, Jack noticed that there were several areas in his field where the crops seemed to", 1710.42, 1713.84, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1713.838, "end": 1718.078, "text": "be growing in clusters. He thought to himself, wow, these crops are really growing together in", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["be growing in clusters. He thought to himself, wow, these crops are really growing together in", 1713.84, 1718.08, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1718.078, "end": 1721.918, "text": "groups. At this point, I thought, okay, I think GBT is reaching a little bit.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["groups. 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But then she came", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["early on in the virtual couch on one of the virtual couch episodes. But then she came", 1821.3, 1826.84, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1826.838, "end": 1833.718, "text": "on again and talked about why there was such polarity in the country at the beginning of", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["on again and talked about why there was such polarity in the country at the beginning of", 1826.84, 1833.72, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1833.718, "end": 1838.596, "text": "the pandemic. And she talked about people that would have a cognitive bias towards something.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["the pandemic. And she talked about people that would have a cognitive bias towards something.", 1833.72, 1838.6, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1839.118, "end": 1842.598, "text": "And then once they were locked in with their cognitive bias, then they in essence looked", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["And then once they were locked in with their cognitive bias, then they in essence looked", 1839.12, 1842.6, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1842.598, "end": 1848.638, "text": "for this confirmation bias and just tried to find data that backed up their side. And", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["for this confirmation bias and just tried to find data that backed up their side. And", 1842.6, 1848.64, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1848.638, "end": 1853.958, "text": "I was having such a hard time trying to remember the name, and it's Dr. Laura Sparrow. And", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I was having such a hard time trying to remember the name, and it's Dr. Laura Sparrow. And", 1848.64, 1853.96, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1853.958, "end": 1860.038, "text": "I really feel like that would be a good episode to just dig back out of the archives and put", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I really feel like that would be a good episode to just dig back out of the archives and put", 1853.96, 1860.04, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1860.038, "end": 1866.198, "text": "as a bonus because the concepts around cognitive bias and confirmation bias fit very well,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["as a bonus because the concepts around cognitive bias and confirmation bias fit very well,", 1860.04, 1866.2, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1866.198, "end": 1870.398, "text": "and I didn't recognize that they were a form of this apophenia. So let me give you a couple", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["and I didn't recognize that they were a form of this apophenia. So let me give you a couple", 1866.2, 1870.4, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1870.398, "end": 1871.869, "text": "of examples that I think might help.", "confidence": 0.87, "timestamps": [["of examples that I think might help.", 1870.4, 1871.87, 0.8694605231285095]]}, {"start": 1872.436, "end": 1888.086, "text": "So cognitive bias, then just by pure definition, refers to these systematic errors or these deviations from our what we might deem our rational judgment of or decision making that occurs as a result of the way that we are mental processes.", "confidence": 0.95, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["So cognitive bias, then just by pure definition, refers to these systematic errors or these deviations from our what we might deem our rational judgment of or decision making that occurs as a result of the way that we are mental processes.", 1872.44, 1888.09, 0.9530095458030701]]}, {"start": 1888.217, "end": 1896.046, "text": "So those can include memory, attention, perception and the things that we make sense of in our mind, our reasoning.", "confidence": 0.95, "timestamps": [["So those can include memory, attention, perception and the things that we make sense of in our mind, our reasoning.", 1888.22, 1896.05, 0.9530095458030701]]}, {"start": 1896.589, "end": 1909.046, "text": "And these biases, these cognitive biases, can cause us to make faulty judgments or even misinterpret information that we may normally view in a completely different way, or we might even hold some inaccurate beliefs.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And these biases, these cognitive biases, can cause us to make faulty judgments or even misinterpret information that we may normally view in a completely different way, or we might even hold some inaccurate beliefs.", 1896.59, 1909.05, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1909.046, "end": 1921.046, "text": "And what can be really difficult, why I think that this concept of apophenia is so important to begin to talk about is because when we start only seeing in patterns, sometimes we don't even recognize that we are just feeding our own ego.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And what can be really difficult, why I think that this concept of apophenia is so important to begin to talk about is because when we start only seeing in patterns, sometimes we don't even recognize that we are just feeding our own ego.", 1909.05, 1921.05, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1921.046, "end": 1926.166, "text": "And we're just starting to create this echo chamber, and then it's really hard for us", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And we're just starting to create this echo chamber, and then it's really hard for us", 1921.05, 1926.17, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1926.166, "end": 1929.96, "text": "to try and understand other people's situations and our circumstances.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["to try and understand other people's situations and our circumstances.", 1926.17, 1929.96, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1930.386, "end": 1933.615, "text": "So we may find or think that we're some of the most empathetic people in the world, but.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So we may find or think that we're some of the most empathetic people in the world, but.", 1930.39, 1933.62, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1934.434, "end": 1942.326, "text": "Yet we're unable to step outside of our ego and understand other people's circumstances or situations.", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["Yet we're unable to step outside of our ego and understand other people's circumstances", 1934.43, 1940.65, 1.0], ["or situations.", 1940.65, 1942.33, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1942.326, "end": 1946.461, "text": "And you might even say, well, why, if I'm just having my own experience or my own life?", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And you might even say, well, why, if I'm just having my own experience or my own life?", 1942.33, 1946.46, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1947.006, "end": 1951.539, "text": "And it's because I really believe that ultimately one of those things that we just don't know", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And it's because I really believe that ultimately one of those things that we just don't know", 1947.01, 1951.54, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1951.686, "end": 1958.206, "text": "until we know is that we're here on Earth to grow and to become, to become, and I don't", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["until we know is that we're here on Earth to grow and to become, to become, and I don't", 1951.69, 1958.21, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1958.206, "end": 1963.406, "text": "want to just say become better or more, but there's this process of unfolding or enlightening", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["want to just say become better or more, but there's this process of unfolding or enlightening", 1958.21, 1963.41, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1963.406, "end": 1965.186, "text": "or all of these wonderful terms.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["or all of these wonderful terms.", 1963.41, 1965.19, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1965.666, "end": 1971.166, "text": "But when we just go around 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"confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And so it's really difficult for us at times to then say,", 1980.9, 1984.72, 0.9969807267189026], ["What if I'm not this person who I think that I am?", 1984.98, 1987.29, 1.0]]}, {"start": 1987.926, "end": 2004.176, "text": "And what is just becomes impactful and lightning, and it can be a very positive thing, is to be able to start to become okay with yourself, so that then when you are putting out this version of yourself, and somebody says, actually, I don't know if that's the version I see, then that's where we can self-confront.", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["And what is just becomes impactful and lightning, and it can be a very positive thing, is to be able to start to become okay with yourself, so that then when you are putting out this version of yourself, and somebody says, actually, I don't know if that's the version I see, then that's where we can self-confront.", 1987.93, 2004.18, 0.9968127608299255]]}, {"start": 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"confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And ironically, the way that you become more confident", 2020.7, 2022.6, 1.0], ["is to recognize that this is your experience in life.", 2022.98, 2025.67, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2026.096, "end": 2028.936, "text": "And you don't need to just say, hey, this is who I am, everybody,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And you don't need to just say,", 2026.1, 2027.58, 1.0], ["hey, this is who I am, everybody,", 2027.58, 2028.94, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2028.936, "end": 2033.261, "text": "and tell me that that's what you think as well. But we can start to say, okay, this is who I wanna become.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["and tell me that that's what you think as well.", 2028.94, 2031.16, 1.0], ["But we can start to say, okay, this is who I wanna become.", 2031.42, 2033.26, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2033.756, "end": 2038.473, "text": "And so I can confidently ask others around me, hey, what version are you seeing?", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And so I can confidently ask others around me,", 2033.76, 2036.33, 1.0], ["hey, what version are you seeing?", 2036.78, 2038.47, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2038.636, "end": 2042.896, "text": "And then I can take a look introspectively and say, okay, that's a decent point.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And then I can take a look introspectively and say,", 2038.64, 2041.02, 1.0], ["okay, that's a decent point.", 2041.38, 2042.9, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2042.896, "end": 2047.503, "text": "I think I'm the most fun-loving guy in the world, but actually, until I'm not,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I think I'm the most fun-loving guy in the world,", 2042.9, 2045.28, 1.0], ["but actually, until I'm not,", 2045.9, 2047.5, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2047.916, "end": 2052.67, "text": "and I want to just block out these times where I may not recognize that I am not being", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["and I want to just block out these times", 2047.92, 2050.1, 1.0], ["where I may not recognize that I am not being", 2050.1, 2052.67, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2052.936, "end": 2056.796, "text": "the most fun-loving person in the world, and so I want people to only validate the times", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["the most fun-loving person in the world,", 2052.94, 2054.38, 1.0], ["and so I want people to only validate the times", 2054.38, 2056.8, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2056.796, "end": 2058.549, "text": "where I am the most fun-loving person in the world,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["where I am the most fun-loving person in the world,", 2056.8, 2058.55, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2059.016, "end": 2062.05, "text": "but meanwhile, they're not quite sure which version of me is walking in the door.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["but meanwhile, they're not quite sure", 2059.02, 2060.42, 1.0], ["which version of me is walking in the door.", 2060.42, 2062.05, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2062.736, "end": 2067.936, "text": "So if I'm trying to become more emotionally mature and more stable and more solid and more confident,", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["So if I'm trying to become more emotionally mature", 2062.74, 2065.54, 1.0], ["and more stable and more solid and more confident,", 2065.66, 2067.94, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2067.936, "end": 2072.16, "text": "more consistent, then I welcome that data, because then I can take a look at it", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["more consistent, then I welcome that data,", 2067.94, 2070.58, 1.0], ["because then I can take a look at it", 2070.86, 2072.16, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2072.456, "end": 2073.636, "text": "and I can do something about it.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["and I can do something about it.", 2072.46, 2073.64, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2073.976, "end": 2077.885, "text": "So I can recognize that, oh, there are times where I'm putting out these completely mixed messages.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So I can recognize that, oh, there are times", 2073.98, 2075.88, 1.0], ["where I'm putting out these completely mixed messages.", 2075.88, 2077.89, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2078.356, "end": 2081.873, "text": "So I can gather myself. I can get very present with myself", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So I can gather myself.", 2078.36, 2080.22, 1.0], ["I can get very present with myself", 2080.22, 2081.87, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2082.233, "end": 2084.916, "text": "and I can show up different because it's better for me.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["and I can show up different because it's better for me.", 2082.23, 2084.92, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2085.096, "end": 2089.093, "text": "Not so that other people will say, oh, there you go. I like that version of you.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["Not so that other people will say, oh, there you go.", 2085.1, 2087.7, 1.0], ["I like that version of you.", 2087.7, 2089.09, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2089.196, "end": 2092.776, "text": "But it's so that I start to like that version of myself, the version that is authentic,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["But it's so that I start to like that version of myself,", 2089.2, 2091.68, 1.0], ["the version that is authentic,", 2091.68, 2092.78, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2092.776, "end": 2093.792, "text": "the version that's consistent.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["the version that's consistent.", 2092.78, 2093.79, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2094.459, "end": 2098.699, "text": "But again, I digress. So talking about these cognitive biases.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["But again, I digress.", 2094.46, 2096.36, 1.0], ["So talking about these cognitive biases.", 2096.78, 2098.7, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2098.776, "end": 2106.176, "text": "So a modern day example is the concept we talk about often, or you hear talked about often, of this fake news or its impact on", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So a modern day example is the concept", 2098.78, 2101.78, 1.0], ["we talk about often, or you hear talked about often, of this fake news or its impact on", 2101.78, 2106.18, 0.9941257238388062]]}, {"start": 2106.176, "end": 2111.797, "text": "people's beliefs and behaviors. So people are more likely to believe or share information", "confidence": 0.99, "timestamps": [["people's beliefs and behaviors. So people are more likely to believe or share information", 2106.18, 2111.8, 0.9941257238388062]]}, {"start": 2112.112, "end": 2118.053, "text": "that confirms their own pre-existing beliefs, even if that information is inaccurate or", "confidence": 0.99, "timestamps": [["that confirms their own pre-existing beliefs, even if that information is inaccurate or", 2112.11, 2118.05, 0.9941257238388062]]}, {"start": 2118.486, "end": 2123.856, "text": "misleading. So the confirmation bias then can be reinforced by other cognitive biases.", "confidence": 0.99, "timestamps": [["misleading. 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There's a thing called, there's one called the heuristic availability heuristic,", "confidence": 0.95, "timestamps": [["biases. There's a thing called, there's one called the heuristic availability heuristic,", 2138.62, 2143.1, 0.9451192617416382]]}, {"start": 2143.096, "end": 2144.772, "text": "which just means it's believing that something is possible.", "confidence": 0.74, "timestamps": [["which just means it's believing that something is possible.", 2143.1, 2144.77, 0.7373610734939575]]}, {"start": 2145.654, "end": 2150.224, "text": "We are more familiar with, that is more common or frequent, that it's easily more recalled in", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["We are more familiar with, that is more common or frequent, that it's easily more recalled in", 2145.65, 2150.22, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2150.224, "end": 2154.544, "text": "memory, that it must be true. Or there's a thing called the anchoring bias, which means that we're", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["memory, that it must be true. Or there's a thing called the anchoring bias, which means that we're", 2150.22, 2154.54, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2154.544, "end": 2160.064, "text": "influenced by an initial reference point or an anchor. I told this story a while ago, but I have", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["influenced by an initial reference point or an anchor. I told this story a while ago, but I have", 2154.54, 2160.06, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2160.064, "end": 2163.984, "text": "a son who's playing college basketball. He's a shooter. He's a very good athlete, but he's a", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["a son who's playing college basketball. He's a shooter. He's a very good athlete, but he's a", 2160.06, 2163.98, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2163.984, "end": 2168.544, "text": "shooter. And one of the first scrimmages that was open to the public at this college, he happened", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["shooter. And one of the first scrimmages that was open to the public at this college, he happened", 2163.98, 2168.54, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2168.544, "end": 2173.104, "text": "to make a move off the dribble and somebody stumbled and fell. The proverbial, he broke", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["to make a move off the dribble and somebody stumbled and fell. The proverbial, he broke", 2168.54, 2173.1, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2173.264, "end": 2177.108, "text": "broke their ankles. And so it was so funny to hear the crowd then, whenever he got the", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["broke their ankles. And so it was so funny to hear the crowd then, whenever he got the", 2173.26, 2177.11, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2177.224, "end": 2180.304, "text": "ball, you would almost hear people, well, you did, you heard people around going, Oh,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["ball, you would almost hear people, well, you did, you heard people around going, Oh,", 2177.22, 2180.3, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2180.304, "end": 2184.084, "text": "I wonder if he's going to do it again. And then he would hit a deep shot and people,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I wonder if he's going to do it again. And then he would hit a deep shot and people,", 2180.3, 2184.08, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2184.084, "end": 2186.84, "text": "there were a couple of people sitting around us that said, Oh wow, he can shoot as well.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["there were a couple of people sitting around us that said, Oh wow, he can shoot as well.", 2184.08, 2186.84, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2187.304, "end": 2191.098, "text": "Because they thought, no, this guy just drives. This guy breaks people's ankles. But in reality,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["Because they thought, no, this guy just drives. This guy breaks people's ankles. But in reality,", 2187.3, 2191.1, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2191.264, "end": 2194.104, "text": "he shoots, he shoots and he shoots and he shoots and he shoots from farther out and", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["he shoots, he shoots and he shoots and he shoots and he shoots from farther out and", 2191.26, 2194.1, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2194.104, "end": 2198.144, "text": "then he shoots again. And every now and again, he may take somebody off the dribble, but", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["then he shoots again. And every now and again, he may take somebody off the dribble, but", 2194.1, 2198.14, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2198.144, "end": 2202.544, "text": "They're anchoring this, it's so funny, this anchoring bias is that the first thing they", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["They're anchoring this, it's so funny, this anchoring bias is that the first thing they", 2198.14, 2202.54, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2202.544, "end": 2207.304, "text": "saw was this dribble move, so now that is what they're basing the rest of their experience", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["saw was this dribble move, so now that is what they're basing the rest of their experience", 2202.54, 2207.3, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2207.304, "end": 2209.157, "text": "of who he is as a basketball player.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["of who he is as a basketball player.", 2207.3, 2209.16, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2209.644, "end": 2214.864, "text": "That anchoring bias can really do a number on our then cognitive biases or our confirmation biases.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["That anchoring bias can really do a number on our then cognitive biases or our confirmation", 2209.64, 2214.42, 1.0], ["biases.", 2214.42, 2214.86, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2215.664, "end": 2218.78, "text": "There's also a really interesting one called the halo effect, which is where we attribute", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["There's also a really interesting one called the halo effect, which is where we attribute", 2215.66, 2218.78, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2218.864, "end": 2223.47, "text": "positive or negative qualities to a person or thing based off of this overall impression.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["positive or negative qualities to a person or thing based off of this overall impression.", 2218.86, 2223.47, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2223.904, "end": 2228.524, "text": "So if we've heard a lot of good things about somebody, and then we interact with them,", "confidence": 0.98, "timestamps": [["So if we've heard a lot of good things about somebody, and then we interact with them,", 2223.9, 2228.52, 0.9849052429199219]]}, {"start": 2228.524, "end": 2232.204, "text": "and then we feel like, wow, they do seem pretty cool, then all of a sudden, we've given this", "confidence": 0.98, "timestamps": [["and then we feel like, wow, they do seem pretty cool, then all of a sudden, we've given this", 2228.52, 2232.2, 0.9849052429199219]]}, {"start": 2232.204, "end": 2236.484, "text": "halo effect, and everything they do is funny, and everything they say is spot on, and I", "confidence": 0.98, "timestamps": [["halo effect, and everything they do is funny, and everything they say is spot on, and I", 2232.2, 2236.48, 0.9849052429199219]]}, {"start": 2236.484, "end": 2241.466, "text": "even like the things they're wearing, and wow, that guy eats ham sandwiches too?", "confidence": 0.98, "timestamps": [["even like the things they're wearing, and wow, that guy eats ham sandwiches too?", 2236.48, 2241.47, 0.9849052429199219]]}, {"start": 2241.51, "end": 2242.978, "text": "I mean, this guy is so cool.", "confidence": 0.94, "timestamps": [["I mean, this guy is so cool.", 2241.51, 2242.98, 0.9380218982696533]]}, {"start": 2243.509, "end": 2247.398, "text": "And so let me just give you an example then. So for instance, let's just say that a person", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["And so let me just give you an example then. So for instance, let's just say that a person", 2243.51, 2247.4, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2247.776, "end": 2252.629, "text": "has a politically, a political view. They can either be conservative or they could be a liberal", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["has a politically, a political view. 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Then you", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["that if you liked this article or you liked this particular ad, then game on. Then you", 2301.72, 2306.92, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2306.919, "end": 2310.171, "text": "are going to get more of those articles and more of those ads.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["are going to get more of those articles and more of those ads.", 2306.92, 2310.17, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2310.719, "end": 2315.005, "text": "I know I already made a mistake this morning where I just had an ad that had popped up", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["I know I already made a mistake this morning where I just had an ad that had popped up", 2310.72, 2315.0, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2315.293, "end": 2318.719, "text": "that looked like these really cool customizable bobbleheads. And I thought that might be kind", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["that looked like these really cool customizable bobbleheads. And I thought that might be kind", 2315.29, 2318.72, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2318.719, "end": 2323.89, "text": "of fun for somebody that I know or care about. And I even thought, as I click on this now.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["of fun for somebody that I know or care about. And I even thought, as I click on this now.", 2318.72, 2323.89, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2324.559, "end": 2330.237, "text": "Sit back, relax, and enjoy the next week of customizable figurines, bobbleheads, stuffed", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["Sit back, relax, and enjoy the next week of customizable figurines, bobbleheads, stuffed", 2324.56, 2330.24, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2330.399, "end": 2333.649, "text": "animals, all these things that I will get ads for nonstop.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["animals, all these things that I will get ads for nonstop.", 2330.4, 2333.65, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2334.079, "end": 2337.039, "text": "That can be, I mean, eventually I'm going to end up buying them or I joked before about", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["That can be, I mean, eventually I'm going to end up buying them or I joked before about", 2334.08, 2337.04, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2337.039, "end": 2341.879, "text": "once I click on a soap, then I know I will eventually be buying some sort of a very good", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["once I click on a soap, then I know I will eventually be buying some sort of a very good", 2337.04, 2341.88, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2341.879, "end": 2346.439, "text": "smelling soap because I'm going to get led to some ad page or landing page.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["smelling soap because I'm going to get led to some ad page or landing page.", 2341.88, 2346.44, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2346.439, "end": 2348.439, "text": "I'm going to get hooked. I'm going to buy it.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I'm going to get hooked.", 2346.44, 2347.44, 1.0], ["I'm going to buy it.", 2347.44, 2348.44, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2348.439, "end": 2351.799, "text": "And then I just have to know that I'm going to be inundated with soap ads for the next", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And then I just have to know that I'm going to be inundated with soap ads for the next", 2348.44, 2351.8, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2351.799, "end": 2354.799, "text": "month. customizable bobbleheads.", "confidence": 0.9, "timestamps": [["month.", 2351.8, 2352.8, 1.0], ["customizable bobbleheads.", 2352.8, 2354.8, 0.797954797744751]]}, {"start": 2354.498, "end": 2358.748, "text": "So that cognitive bias, though, which leads to then the confirmation bias, I think is just a", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So that cognitive bias, though, which leads to then the confirmation bias, I think is just a", 2354.5, 2358.75, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2358.748, "end": 2364.508, "text": "really, really fascinating example. I looked for a couple of other examples of confirmation bias,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["really, really fascinating example. I looked for a couple of other examples of confirmation bias,", 2358.75, 2364.51, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2364.508, "end": 2368.588, "text": "and there was a really interesting one. I asked for a modern-day example of confirmation bias,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["and there was a really interesting one. I asked for a modern-day example of confirmation bias,", 2364.51, 2368.59, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2369.262, "end": 2373.308, "text": "and here was the story that was provided. A modern-day example of confirmation bias is a", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["and here was the story that was provided. A modern-day example of confirmation bias is a", 2369.26, 2373.31, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2373.308, "end": 2376.905, "text": "person who is convinced that a certain alternative medicine product will cure their illness.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["person who is convinced that a certain alternative medicine product will cure their illness.", 2373.31, 2376.9, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2377.391, "end": 2381.068, "text": "So they may search online for information that supports their belief. They may ignore or dismiss", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So they may search online for information that supports their belief. They may ignore or dismiss", 2377.39, 2381.07, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2381.068, "end": 2385.268, "text": "any evidence that contradicts it. They may also selectively remember only the positive", "confidence": 0.98, "timestamps": [["any evidence that contradicts it. 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This can then lead them to continue using the product despite its lack of effectiveness", 2389.67, 2394.05, 0.9804637432098389]]}, {"start": 2394.495, "end": 2398.654, "text": "and then potentially put their health at risk by delaying or avoiding conventional medical treatment.", "confidence": 0.98, "timestamps": [["and then potentially put their health at risk by delaying or avoiding conventional medical", 2394.5, 2398.35, 0.9804637432098389], ["treatment.", 2398.35, 2398.65, 0.9804637432098389]]}, {"start": 2399.816, "end": 2405.348, "text": "Last, but not least, we have a type of apophenia called the gambler's fallacy. This type", "confidence": 0.98, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["Last, but not least, we have a type of apophenia called the gambler's fallacy. This type", 2399.82, 2405.35, 0.9804637432098389]]}, {"start": 2405.348, "end": 2410.069, "text": "involves believing that a prior series of events affects a future event even though", "confidence": 0.98, "timestamps": [["involves believing that a prior series of events affects a future event even though", 2405.35, 2410.07, 0.9804637432098389]]}, {"start": 2410.186, "end": 2412.168, "text": "the two are completely unrelated.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["the two are completely unrelated.", 2410.19, 2412.17, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2412.168, "end": 2416.596, "text": "So let me give you a literal gambler's version of the gambler's fallacy,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So let me give you a literal gambler's version", 2412.17, 2415.1, 1.0], ["of the gambler's fallacy,", 2415.46, 2416.6, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2417.01, "end": 2419.692, "text": "as well as a non-gambling version.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["as well as a non-gambling version.", 2417.01, 2419.69, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2420.068, "end": 2426.188, "text": "A modern day example would just simply be if you're in a casino and there's a gambler", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["A modern day example would just simply be", 2420.07, 2422.53, 1.0], ["if you're in a casino and there's a gambler", 2423.07, 2426.19, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2426.188, "end": 2430.36, "text": "who is convinced that they are due for a win because they have lost several times in a row.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["who is convinced that they are due for a win", 2426.19, 2428.2, 1.0], ["because they have lost several times in a row.", 2428.24, 2430.36, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2430.756, "end": 2434.942, "text": "And I know as someone that I am by no means a high stakes gambler,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And I know as someone that I am by no means", 2430.76, 2433.14, 1.0], ["a high stakes gambler,", 2433.33, 2434.94, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2435.429, "end": 2442.308, "text": "but every now and again, if I'm walking through a casino, I remember going to trade shows in Las Vegas year after year when I was in the computer", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["but every now and again, if I'm walking through a casino,", 2435.43, 2437.91, 1.0], ["I remember going to trade shows in Las Vegas year after year when I was in the computer", 2437.91, 2442.31, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2442.308, "end": 2447.508, "text": "industry, and it was as if the universe had, I don't think smiled, maybe frowned upon,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["industry, and it was as if the universe had, I don't think smiled, maybe frowned upon,", 2442.31, 2447.51, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2448.095, "end": 2448.508, "text": "me.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["me.", 2448.09, 2448.51, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2448.508, "end": 2452.722, "text": "And I put two quarters in a machine one time waiting to check in at a big hotel, and I,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And I put two quarters in a machine one time waiting to check in at a big hotel, and I,", 2448.51, 2452.72, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2453.268, "end": 2457.295, "text": "think I won $50 just with one pull of the slot machine.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["think I won $50 just with one pull of the slot machine.", 2453.27, 2457.3, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2457.748, "end": 2459.662, "text": "And so at that point, oh, that was really easy.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And so at that point, oh, that was really easy.", 2457.75, 2459.66, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2460.228, "end": 2463.348, "text": "And even for a while, I did the classic, oh, I'm sure I've won more than I've lost, but", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And even for a while, I did the classic, oh, I'm sure I've won more than I've lost, but", 2460.23, 2463.35, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2463.348, "end": 2465.451, "text": "I'm sure that is absolutely not the case.", "confidence": 0.93, "timestamps": [["I'm sure that is absolutely not the case.", 2463.35, 2465.45, 0.9259734153747559]]}, {"start": 2466.099, "end": 2471.572, "text": "But the gambler's fallacy would be if I have pulled that handle five times in a row and lost,", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["But the gambler's fallacy would be if I have pulled that handle five times in a row and lost,", 2466.1, 2471.57, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2472.014, "end": 2476.589, "text": "then it kind of made sense that I was due for a win. But there's just nothing to really back", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["then it kind of made sense that I was due for a win. But there's just nothing to really back", 2472.01, 2476.59, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2476.731, "end": 2480.909, "text": "that up at all. So, due for a win, you're convinced you're due for a win because you've", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["that up at all. So, due for a win, you're convinced you're due for a win because you've", 2476.73, 2480.91, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2480.909, "end": 2485.469, "text": "lost several times in a row. So then the gambler in that scenario believes that because the odds", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["lost several times in a row. So then the gambler in that scenario believes that because the odds", 2480.91, 2485.47, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2485.469, "end": 2489.505, "text": "of losing so many times in a row are low, then their chance of winning must be higher. However,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["of losing so many times in a row are low, then their chance of winning must be higher. However,", 2485.47, 2489.5, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2489.949, "end": 2496.169, "text": "this is a fallacy because every spin of a roulette wheel or every hand of cards dealt", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["this is a fallacy because every spin of a roulette wheel or every hand of cards dealt", 2489.95, 2496.17, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2496.169, "end": 2503.209, "text": "or every time you pull that handle is an independent event rather than working with the same probability", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["or every time you pull that handle is an independent event rather than working with the same probability", 2496.17, 2503.21, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2503.209, "end": 2510.209, "text": "or winning or losing over time because one has lost a lot in a row. So that is absolutely", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["or winning or losing over time because one has lost a lot in a row. So that is absolutely", 2503.21, 2510.21, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2510.209, "end": 2517.169, "text": "a gambling example of the gambler's fallacy. And then a non-gambling episode, a non-gambling", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["a gambling example of the gambler's fallacy. And then a non-gambling episode, a non-gambling", 2510.21, 2517.17, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2517.169, "end": 2521.169, "text": "example might be somebody, I was talking with somebody that was taking a test a few days", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["example might be somebody, I was talking with somebody that was taking a test a few days", 2517.17, 2521.17, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2521.169, "end": 2525.469, "text": "ago and they said there was a multiple choice test and they had answered the last three", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["ago and they said there was a multiple choice test and they had answered the last three", 2521.17, 2525.47, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2525.469, "end": 2529.669, "text": "or four questions incorrectly. And so then they just start to believe that, okay, the", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["or four questions incorrectly. And so then they just start to believe that, okay, the", 2525.47, 2529.67, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2529.669, "end": 2534.509, "text": "next one I have to get right because I've gotten three or four in a row wrong. So therefore", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["next one I have to get right because I've gotten three or four in a row wrong. So therefore", 2529.67, 2534.51, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2534.509, "end": 2539.309, "text": "I am due for a correct answer. However, just like this gambling example, the probability", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I am due for a correct answer. However, just like this gambling example, the probability", 2534.51, 2539.31, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2539.309, "end": 2544.589, "text": "of answering each question correctly is independent of the previous one. And so therefore in that", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["of answering each question correctly is independent of the previous one. And so therefore in that", 2539.31, 2544.59, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2544.589, "end": 2548.632, "text": "scenario, that student's belief is part of this gambler's fallacy.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["scenario, that student's belief is part of this gambler's fallacy.", 2544.59, 2548.63, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2549.19, "end": 2552.689, "text": "And, and I don't know why, but then it just popped into my mind.", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["And, and I don't know why, but then it just popped into my mind.", 2549.19, 2552.69, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2552.689, "end": 2560.269, "text": "I just thought, man, as a gambler's fallacy, is that in line with this concept that I think we run into often as well called the sunk cost fallacy.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["I just thought, man, as a gambler's fallacy, is that in line with this", 2552.69, 2555.67, 1.0], ["concept that I think we run into often as well called the sunk cost fallacy.", 2555.95, 2560.27, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2560.309, "end": 2565.376, "text": "And if you're familiar with that, and it turns out that, I mean, if you really break it down, they're two completely different fallacies, but", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And if you're familiar with that, and it turns out that, I mean, if you", 2560.31, 2562.91, 1.0], ["really break it down, they're two completely different fallacies, but", 2562.91, 2565.38, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2565.619, "end": 2570.029, "text": "the sunk cost fallacy and the gambler's fallacy are two different cognitive biases.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["the sunk cost fallacy and the gambler's fallacy are two different cognitive biases.", 2565.62, 2570.03, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2570.12, "end": 2579.294, "text": "The, the sunk cost fallacy refers to the tendency to continue investing in something, whether it's money or time, even if it's no longer rational, because", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["The, the sunk cost fallacy refers to the tendency to continue investing", 2570.12, 2574.07, 1.0], ["in something, whether it's money or time, even if it's no longer rational, because", 2574.07, 2579.29, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2579.366, "end": 2583.549, "text": "of the time or the money or the effort that you've already invested. And I feel like", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["of the time or the money or the effort that you've already invested. 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And what should I do for a career? How should I,", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["Should I stay in an unhealthy relationship? And what should I do for a career? How should I,", 2709.6, 2714.57, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2714.571, "end": 2719.771, "text": "how should I, you know, communicate to a loved one something difficult? And our brain says,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["how should I, you know, communicate to a loved one something difficult? And our brain says,", 2714.57, 2719.77, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2719.771, "end": 2724.731, "text": "man, once I can really get certainty, then I'll do whatever it is. And it goes back to that", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["man, once I can really get certainty, then I'll do whatever it is. And it goes back to that", 2719.77, 2724.73, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2724.731, "end": 2729.851, "text": "acceptance and commitment therapy book by Russ Harris, the confidence gap that the fallacy that", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["acceptance and commitment therapy book by Russ Harris, the confidence gap that the fallacy that", 2724.73, 2729.85, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2729.851, "end": 2734.971, "text": "we have is saying that once I am confident, then I will do whatever the thing is. But in reality,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["we have is saying that once I am confident, then I will do whatever the thing is. But in reality,", 2729.85, 2734.97, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2734.971, "end": 2741.291, "text": "we have to do the thing to gain the confidence. And then just one more quick thing, in the article", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["we have to do the thing to gain the confidence. And then just one more quick thing, in the article", 2734.97, 2741.29, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2741.291, "end": 2747.211, "text": "she has a section that says apophenia versus synchronicity. So synchronicity is a term coined", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["she has a section that says apophenia versus synchronicity. So synchronicity is a term coined", 2741.29, 2747.21, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2747.303, "end": 2754.571, "text": "by the psychoanalyst Carl Jung and it refers to causal connections or when things become related", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["by the psychoanalyst Carl Jung and it refers to causal connections or when things become related", 2747.3, 2754.57, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2754.571, "end": 2759.051, "text": "even though there's no obvious link to them. So this idea was part of Jung's notion of a", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["even though there's no obvious link to them. So this idea was part of Jung's notion of a", 2754.57, 2759.05, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2759.42, "end": 2764.331, "text": "collective human unconscious. So according to Jung this was at the root of some of the behaviors and", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["collective human unconscious. So according to Jung this was at the root of some of the behaviors and", 2759.42, 2764.33, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2764.331, "end": 2766.244, "text": "and thoughts and dreams that people have.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["and thoughts and dreams that people have.", 2764.33, 2766.24, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2766.291, "end": 2770.851, "text": "So, synchronicity is difficult to study objectively because it's a one-time event that can't be measured", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So, synchronicity is difficult to study objectively", 2766.29, 2768.87, 1.0], ["because it's a one-time event that can't be measured", 2768.87, 2770.85, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2770.851, "end": 2775.507, "text": "across an entire population, and it's also something that's experienced only by one person.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["across an entire population,", 2770.85, 2772.19, 1.0], ["and it's also something that's experienced", 2772.62, 2774.57, 1.0], ["only by one person.", 2774.57, 2775.51, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2775.948, "end": 2780.467, "text": "So, while two people can participate in the same event, such as running into a certain person,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So, while two people can participate in the same event,", 2775.95, 2778.95, 1.0], ["such as running into a certain person,", 2778.95, 2780.47, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2780.828, "end": 2784.518, "text": "it may only be an incidence of synchronicity for that one person.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["it may only be an incidence of synchronicity", 2780.83, 2783.37, 1.0], ["for that one person.", 2783.37, 2784.52, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2784.897, "end": 2791.411, "text": "So, in his book, The Improbability Principle, renowned statistician David Hand argues", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So, in his book,", 2784.9, 2785.73, 1.0], ["The Improbability Principle,", 2785.73, 2788.14, 1.0], ["renowned statistician David Hand argues", 2788.61, 2791.41, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2791.411, "end": 2797.121, "text": "that people underestimate the actual probability of apparently rare events, that they're actually not that rare at all.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["that people underestimate the actual probability", 2791.41, 2793.77, 1.0], ["of apparently rare events, that they're actually not that rare at all.", 2793.77, 2797.12, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2797.691, "end": 2802.01, "text": "So since synchronicity can't be scientifically studied and coincidences are more statistically", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["So since synchronicity can't be scientifically studied and coincidences are more statistically", 2797.69, 2802.01, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2802.217, "end": 2807.331, "text": "probable than people realize it, then synchronicity may be a form of apophenia.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["probable than people realize it, then synchronicity may be a form of apophenia.", 2802.22, 2807.33, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2807.331, "end": 2810.491, "text": "And what this can look like is you may be at Disneyland and you run into something that", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And what this can look like is you may be at Disneyland and you run into something that", 2807.33, 2810.49, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2810.491, "end": 2814.771, "text": "haven't seen someone that you haven't seen since high school.", "confidence": 0.93, "timestamps": [["haven't seen someone that you haven't seen since high school.", 2810.49, 2814.77, 0.9285749197006226]]}, {"start": 2813.308, "end": 2817.863, "text": "And then you just think, this is the universe speaking. This is this moment of synchronicity.", "confidence": 1.0, "newpara": true, "timestamps": [["And then you just think, this is the universe speaking. This is this moment of synchronicity.", 2813.31, 2817.86, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2818.286, "end": 2822.278, "text": "And again, back to this renowned statistician David Hand, he argues that then again,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["And again, back to this renowned statistician David Hand, he argues that then again,", 2818.29, 2822.28, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2822.278, "end": 2827.078, "text": "people underestimate the actual probability of apparently rare events, that they may not", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["people underestimate the actual probability of apparently rare events, that they may not", 2822.28, 2827.08, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2827.078, "end": 2830.838, "text": "actually be rare at all. So sometimes people may say, man, what are the chances or what are the", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["actually be rare at all. So sometimes people may say, man, what are the chances or what are the", 2827.08, 2830.84, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2830.838, "end": 2835.714, "text": "odds? And some statistician may say, well, they're actually not as rare as you think.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["odds? And some statistician may say, well, they're actually not as rare as you think.", 2830.84, 2835.71, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2836.21, "end": 2840.838, "text": "So again, since synchronicity can't be studied and coincidences are more statistically probable", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["So again, since synchronicity can't be studied and coincidences are more statistically probable", 2836.21, 2840.84, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2840.838, "end": 2846.358, "text": "than people realize, then that actually may be a form of apophenia as well. So, I would love to,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["than people realize, then that actually may be a form of apophenia as well. So, I would love to,", 2840.84, 2846.36, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2846.918, "end": 2850.438, "text": "get your thoughts, your comments. If you have questions or examples of apophenia,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["get your thoughts, your comments. If you have questions or examples of apophenia,", 2846.92, 2850.44, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2850.438, "end": 2855.318, "text": "feel free to comment wherever this is posted, or you can send me something through the website,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["feel free to comment wherever this is posted, or you can send me something through the website,", 2850.44, 2855.32, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2855.366, "end": 2860.838, "text": "or send me an email, contact at tonyoverbay.com. And I just appreciate the point in the article", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["or send me an email, contact at tonyoverbay.com. And I just appreciate the point in the article", 2855.37, 2860.84, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2860.838, "end": 2864.918, "text": "where she says, what are the next steps that apophenia is? It's common, it's harmless,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["where she says, what are the next steps that apophenia is? 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And that's where something like apophenia goes from being common, harmless", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["make sense of things. And that's where something like apophenia goes from being common, harmless", 2895.26, 2901.9, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2901.898, "end": 2907.298, "text": "and part of your everyday life into more of almost the psychosis of such as paranoia or", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["and part of your everyday life into more of almost the psychosis of such as paranoia or", 2901.9, 2907.3, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2907.298, "end": 2912.058, "text": "delusions because then people start to just lock in and think that they're seeing patterns", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["delusions because then people start to just lock in and think that they're seeing patterns", 2907.3, 2912.06, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2912.058, "end": 2916.178, "text": "and they're trying to make sense of everything and that they now all of a sudden have the", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["and they're trying to make sense of everything and that they now all of a sudden have the", 2912.06, 2916.18, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2916.249, "end": 2921.978, "text": "keys to the universe. And as you see in those court cases, it ended up being some really,", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["keys to the universe. And as you see in those court cases, it ended up being some really,", 2916.25, 2921.98, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2921.978, "end": 2922.978, "text": "really negative results.", "confidence": 1.0, "timestamps": [["really negative results.", 2921.98, 2922.98, 1.0]]}, {"start": 2923.045, "end": 2926.178, "text": "We'd love to get your thoughts, your opinions, and taking us out per usual,", "confidence": 0.92, "timestamps": [["We'd love to get your thoughts, your opinions, and taking us out per usual,", 2923.05, 2926.18, 0.9239398837089539]]}, {"start": 2926.178, "end": 2928.938, "text": "the wonderful, the talented Aurora Florence with her song, It's Wonderful.", "confidence": 0.92, "timestamps": [["the wonderful, the talented Aurora Florence with her song, It's Wonderful.", 2926.18, 2928.94, 0.9239398837089539]]}, {"start": 2928.938, "end": 2929.986, "text": "And I will see you next week.", "confidence": 0.86, "timestamps": [["And I will see you next week.", 2928.94, 2929.99, 0.8632010221481323]]}, {"start": 2930.0, "end": 3022.733, "text": "Music.", "newpara": true}]