There's a psychological phenomenon where once you notice something or once you get interested in something you start to notice it everywhere. And seems like it's some new big trend, but in reality...previously it was just like background stuff you ignored.
My brother once bought a used car I never heard of. Right afterwards, I saw them everywhere. It wasn't that the car was more popular, in fact they had stopped making them. I just knew about them and my brain was able to recognize them now.
Went to find a link and this article uses the same example. Hilarious
Suddenly, the car is everywhere. It's parked in front of your house. Your boss's husband has one. You see two of them next to you in traffic on your way home from work.
The Baader Meinhof phenomenon is a cognitive bias in which people tend to see a particular thing everywhere after noticing it for the first time.
It's called the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon because someone once learned about this group, an East German terrorist group also known as the Red Army who were big in the 1970's. Hours after the first time he heard about them, he heard another reference to them. This was years after the group dissolved.
Well, I definitely caught it. Once I realized what I saw, I was anxious to share. Not having a mug shot background, I didn't know all the details that others have also shared. Too much TV I guess.
The amazing part of the board is how much raw knowledge is available. This place is fantastic because of all of you. My thanks to you all.
Your discussion is reasonable and accurate. Thank you for the perspective. I, and all of us should be more careful in our posts.
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There's a psychological phenomenon where once you notice something or once you get interested in something you start to notice it everywhere. And seems like it's some new big trend, but in reality...previously it was just like background stuff you ignored.
My brother once bought a used car I never heard of. Right afterwards, I saw them everywhere. It wasn't that the car was more popular, in fact they had stopped making them. I just knew about them and my brain was able to recognize them now.
Went to find a link and this article uses the same example. Hilarious
https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/baader-meinhof-phenomenon.htm
It's called the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon because someone once learned about this group, an East German terrorist group also known as the Red Army who were big in the 1970's. Hours after the first time he heard about them, he heard another reference to them. This was years after the group dissolved.
Well, I definitely caught it. Once I realized what I saw, I was anxious to share. Not having a mug shot background, I didn't know all the details that others have also shared. Too much TV I guess.
The amazing part of the board is how much raw knowledge is available. This place is fantastic because of all of you. My thanks to you all.