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This is a complete troll, but a very pleasing and cleverly written one. If you search "Baader-Meinhof", you get the militant group, this article (from 2006), an
by xianshou 11y ago
This is a complete troll, but a very pleasing and cleverly written one. If you search "Baader-Meinhof", you get the militant group, this article (from 2006), another article referencing the same definition without citation (from 2013), and an Urban Dictionary entry with this definition.
But the question is, by simply naming the phenomenon, even as a joke, has he created it in earnest? If you see this referenced again, then it's the behavioral psychology equivalent of the sentence "This sentence, by xianshou on Hacker News, has only been typed once in the history of creation." - a statement that remains false until it is made.
- ska 11y agoFrom said search: "The considerably catchier sobriquet Baader-Meinhof phenomenon was invented in 1994 by a commenter on the St. Paul Pioneer Press’ online discussion board,.." from: 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... Not sure if that's the earliest reference, but I've certainly heard it called that years before 2006.
- phantom784 11y agoAdd the word "phenomenon" to your search.