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The frequency illusion: we notice what’s top of mind

The frequency illusion explained in a sketch with an expecting couple suddenly seeing babies everywhere

The reason, generally, is simply that all those times previously, we weren’t tuned in to notice what’s top of mind now. The frequency likely hasn’t changed a bit, but our noticing of it has.

Also known as the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.

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