Frequency Illusion
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Frequency Illusion
Frequency illusion is a cognitive bias where you start noticing something more often than you did before, even though it never really changed. It is like when you buy a new car and you suddenly notice that same car everywhere. It is like your brain is playing tricks on you.
Frequency illusion, cognitive bias, logical fallacy, coincidence.
Frequency Illusion
Frequency illusion is a cognitive bias that occurs when a person mistakenly believes that something they have recently noticed or experienced is actually more frequent than it is. This is due to the fact that people are more likely to pay attention to and remember occurrences of something they have recently experienced, leading to the illusion that it is more frequent than it actually is. This is also referred to as the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, and is a type of logical fallacy.
Connection, recency, noticeability, repetition.
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