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That random wikipedia link is awesome. Didn’t know you could do that.

johnchristopher 6y ago
What's the name of the effect that when you click on something random you still end up on something related to you and you think "it's not that random". Because I got that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbridge
- walto2 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity
- porpoise 6y ago
  The mental habit of seeing connections?
  - dolmen 6y ago
    Dot here.
  - johnchristopher 6y ago
    I call that one "creativity" !
- pbw 6y ago
  Apophenia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia
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- Tomte 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat_Bog_Soldiers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat_Bog_Soldiers
- tomger 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
- ddek 6y ago
  Hmm. I'm having a hard time relating the '1990 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team' to anything in my life though.
- rakoo 6y ago
  Baader-Meinhof phenomenon ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases#Frequency_illusion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases#Fre...
- thunderbong 6y ago
  Serendipity?
- barry-cotter 6y ago
  Pareidolia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
- EE84M3i 6y ago
  That article "Microbridge" should really be deleted because it's not notable, but it looks like it was proposed in 2011 and failed so it isn't eligible for WP:PROD and needs to go through the full WP:AFD process. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Microbridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletio...
- drdec 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideas_and_delusions_of_reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideas_and_delusions_of_referen...
bschne 6y ago
I once saw a solo improv performance that was started off by using that to get a prompt for a story

What's the name of the effect that when you click on something random you still end up on something related to you and you think "it's not that random". Because I got that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbridge

walto2 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity
porpoise 6y ago
The mental habit of seeing connections?
- dolmen 6y ago
  Dot here.
- johnchristopher 6y ago
  I call that one "creativity" !
pbw 6y ago
Apophenia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia
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Tomte 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat_Bog_Soldiers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat_Bog_Soldiers
tomger 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
ddek 6y ago
Hmm. I'm having a hard time relating the '1990 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team' to anything in my life though.
rakoo 6y ago
Baader-Meinhof phenomenon ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases#Frequency_illusion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases#Fre...
thunderbong 6y ago
Serendipity?
barry-cotter 6y ago
Pareidolia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
EE84M3i 6y ago
That article "Microbridge" should really be deleted because it's not notable, but it looks like it was proposed in 2011 and failed so it isn't eligible for WP:PROD and needs to go through the full WP:AFD process. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Microbridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletio...
drdec 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideas_and_delusions_of_reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideas_and_delusions_of_referen...

bschne 6y ago

I once saw a solo improv performance that was started off by using that to get a prompt for a story