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Frequency illusion > The frequency illusion is that once something has been noticed then every instance of that thing is noticed, leading to the belief it has
by aarchi 5y ago
Frequency illusion
> The frequency illusion is that once something has been noticed then every instance of that thing is noticed, leading to the belief it has a high frequency of occurrence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases
- RedComet 5y agoWhat is the cognitive bias called in which you see an internet post talking about a personal experience that is clearly perfectly plausible/likely, but instead choose to down vote them and assert the said experience is fraudulent by citing a wikipedia article that is barely incidentally related? This is clearly a flavor-of-the-month tool that has been getting much coverage on these sorts of sites lately, why impune the guys mental function?