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What's that term where you learn of a new concept or word and then immediately see it referenced soon after learning it? In rereading zero to one by Peter Theil

What's that term where you learn of a new concept or word and then immediately see it referenced soon after learning it? In rereading zero to one by Peter Theil I came across the Lindy effect and here and now I've come across the wiki page on HN.

whytaka 9y ago
Baader Meinhof.
- wastedhours 9y ago
  https://www.damninteresting.com/the-baader-meinhof-phenomenon/ https://www.damninteresting.com/the-baader-meinhof-phenomeno...
fiddlerwoaroof 9y ago
Synchronicity
lvs 9y ago
Bullshit Casserole
a_c 9y ago
Perhaps "Blue car syndrome" https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/153166/what-is-the-term-for-when-you-become-more-aware-of-something https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/153166/what-is-t...
alister 9y ago
> you learn of a new concept or word and then immediately see it referenced soon after It happens to me all the time. For anyone who hasn't experienced this, I offer this experiment. Pick one or more words from the list below that you don't already know. Repeat it to yourself a few times, read the definition, and invent a sentence using the word. Remember, choose a word or words you don't know. frisson -- shudder of emotion with goose bumps when deeply affected by music comity -- courtesy between nations for the laws of another blithe -- happy and not worried; not realizing how bad a situation is voxel -- 3D analogue to 2D pixel; a portmanteau of "volumetric" and "pixel" pratfall -- comical fall landing on the buttocks deus ex machina -- a god introduced into Greek/Roman play to resolve plot; for example, in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the hero's problem is solved for him rather than having him solve the problem himself; the film would end the same way even if Indiana Jones didn't exist: Nazis open the ark and kill themselves; pronounced day-us-eks-mah-kah-nah marmite -- large cooking pot having legs and a cover; also a British sandwich spread made from yeast extract Maybe you can come back to this comment 48 hours from now and tell us if you've heard your chosen word in real life soon after learning it.

whytaka 9y ago

Baader Meinhof.

wastedhours 9y ago
https://www.damninteresting.com/the-baader-meinhof-phenomenon/ https://www.damninteresting.com/the-baader-meinhof-phenomeno...

fiddlerwoaroof 9y ago

Synchronicity

lvs 9y ago

Bullshit Casserole

a_c 9y ago

Perhaps "Blue car syndrome" https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/153166/what-is-the-term-for-when-you-become-more-aware-of-something https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/153166/what-is-t...

alister 9y ago

> you learn of a new concept or word and then immediately see it referenced soon after It happens to me all the time. For anyone who hasn't experienced this, I offer this experiment. Pick one or more words from the list below that you don't already know. Repeat it to yourself a few times, read the definition, and invent a sentence using the word. Remember, choose a word or words you don't know. frisson -- shudder of emotion with goose bumps when deeply affected by music comity -- courtesy between nations for the laws of another blithe -- happy and not worried; not realizing how bad a situation is voxel -- 3D analogue to 2D pixel; a portmanteau of "volumetric" and "pixel" pratfall -- comical fall landing on the buttocks deus ex machina -- a god introduced into Greek/Roman play to resolve plot; for example, in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the hero's problem is solved for him rather than having him solve the problem himself; the film would end the same way even if Indiana Jones didn't exist: Nazis open the ark and kill themselves; pronounced day-us-eks-mah-kah-nah marmite -- large cooking pot having legs and a cover; also a British sandwich spread made from yeast extract Maybe you can come back to this comment 48 hours from now and tell us if you've heard your chosen word in real life soon after learning it.