Hey Ethanol, why are you asking questions to which you apparently know the answer?
Is that a rhetorical question?
seeing patterns in "things" - universe or something smaller is a basic human condition, as old as humans. Its called Apophenia, not good or bad its just there.
The campfire section offers a great variety of conspiracy theories, "black swam" maybes, etc. whether they are real or not is asking the question "If a tree falls in the forest if no one is there to hear it, did it really happen?". Doesn't really matter. Some are pretty interesting.
