b-unicylingMay 26
The odds are stacking up: I write the wiki page for lifting stones, and the same day my friend asks me whether I want to go to a book launch about stone lifting the next day. I write the proposal for settlement=transhumance, and same week #TimeTeam has a video about a possible shieling. Weird. #OpenStreetMap #BaaderMeinhofEffect
Sabine Hiller 💔🇵🇸🇬🇱🇺🇦Sep 8, 2023

Just learned about the #BaaderMeinhofEffect, which relies on selective attention and confirmation bias and makes you believe you're seeing something more often, even if the frequency of it hasn't actually increased.

No doubt I will see it mentioned everywhere now...

#FrequencyIllusion #FrequencyBias #ConfirmationBias

#psychology #CognitiveBiases
https://www.iflscience.com/what-is-the-baader-meinhof-phenomenon-the-effect-you-will-now-notice-everywhere-70595

What Is The Baader Meinhof Phenomenon, The Effect You Will Now Notice Everywhere?

Do you see 11:11 more than you'd expect? You may have experienced the Baader Meinhof phenomenon.

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Marc CrileyFeb 22, 2023

Until yesterday I'd never heard of #paczki until a request was posted on the r/HuntsvilleAlabama reddit asking for recommendations on where to find it locally.

And now this morning there's @scalzi's post about his trying it for the first time (https://whatever.scalzi.com/2023/02/22/scalzis-first-paczki/)

#BaaderMeinhofEffect much?

Now I have to go find some paczki!

Arrghh!! And Reddit is poopin' the bed right now so I can't see the recommendations!

Scalzi’s First Pączki 

Weirdly, and despite my well-known love of deep-fried dough, I somehow made it through 53 years of life without ever once eating a pączki. I can give any number of explanations for this, none of th…

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