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Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.



Fun fact about that phenomenon: no one really knows why it's called that. Someone just picked what seems to be a random name and it stuck. It has nothing to do with the real life Baader-Meinhof group.


I thought the reason for that name was that it was the original example: someone who had never heard of that group learned about it and suddenly noticed they saw it mentioned or referenced everywhere.

EDIT: Source: https://psmag.com/there-s-a-name-for-that-the-baader-meinhof...


Thanks, that was what I was thinking of. :)




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