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Just curious - why am I suddenly seeing so many people referencing occam's razor? It is happening way too frequently to be a coincidence. Was the idea featured
by porkloin 11y ago
Just curious - why am I suddenly seeing so many people referencing occam's razor? It is happening way too frequently to be a coincidence. Was the idea featured someplace recently? It seems like just about every tech-ish thread on reddit and HN has one "Occam's Razor" dude for the last couple weeks.
- 0xffff2 11y agoI wouldn't be so sure it's not a coincidence. http://www.psmag.com/books-and-culture/theres-a-name-for-that-the-baader-meinhof-phenomenon-59670 http://www.psmag.com/books-and-culture/theres-a-name-for-tha...
- porkloin 11y agoYeah, that would be true if I hadn't already heard of it I guess. I've also seen a lot of people talking about baader-meinhof, so I suspect it might just be that pop psychology is the tech bro humblebrag du joir this week.
- Terribledactyl 11y agoIt can still be the case despite knowing it. Simply being aware of the existence of a bias isn't enough to counter it in a lot of cases.
- Terribledactyl 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases#Frequency_illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases#Frequ...
- kuinak 11y agoThat would be the simplest explanation.
- mentat 11y agoWell played.
- bluishgreen 11y ago"Occam's Razor, now with 6 blades and soothing aloe strip" https://twitter.com/vgr/status/691823304471121924 https://twitter.com/vgr/status/691823304471121924
- ch4s3 11y agoCould just be Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon/frequency illusion.