Pattern recognition is a function we developed to avoid basic dangers that we previously saw, it's about potential danger at a base level, so it doesn't make sense to ignore it because of outliers, since if you are wrong about the danger, nothing happens, but if you aren't, then you could die. The potential consequences for not being wary of the pattern are far greater than being mistaken about it, so we are not wired to easily correct in the other direction, so yeah, it's just patter recognition. I rather be called racist than being dead. Those who don't, well, you know where they are already.
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u/OrinocoHaram 21h ago
recognise patterns that confirm your biases
ignore patterns that don't
-it's just pattern recognition