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What if its that thing where when you learn about something it seems like its suddenly everywhere, except it was always there, you're just noticing it now?
by burnished 6y ago
What if its that thing where when you learn about something it seems like its suddenly everywhere, except it was always there, you're just noticing it now?
- ctcherry 6y agoThe Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon
- Trufa 6y agoBaader–Meinhof phenomenon :)
- alasdair_ 6y agoI keep seeing references to the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon all over the place lately...
- reducesuffering 6y agoI'm losing track of all the references to scientist named phenomena: Baader-Meinhof, Dunning-Kruger, Gell-Mann Amnesia, etc.
- seattle_spring 6y agoThere's gotta be a scientist-named phenomena for that.
- yesenadam 6y agoIt seems the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon wasn't named by or after scientists, if that's what you meant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_Faction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_Faction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
- Maursault 6y agoThis could be coincidence, synchronicity or déjà vu, unless it's merely hilarious. Because if seeing the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon everywhere is in fact the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, then it becomes recursive. I'm guessing it is hilarious.
- DonHopkins 6y agoWhat is it called when somebody asks you to describe in single words only the good things that come to mind about your mother, and you shoot them? The Voight-Kampff effect.
- DonHopkins 6y agoThe Plate of Shrimp Effect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRJ5cCP0ZPE&ab_channel=Movieclips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRJ5cCP0ZPE&ab_channel=Movie... The more you drive, the less intelligent you are.