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Arithmetic Pareidolia – Mathematicians identify more patterns than are really there

Do this: 12345679 x 8 =

The answer is 98765432

But why?

Is there an underlying pattern or is it just that once in a while we recognise the sequence as something non-random. Please add more examples of this idea as links as it has been driving me up the wall for years.

Arithmetic Pareidolia – Mathematicians identify more patterns than are really there

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