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RE: Using the Baader Meinhof phenomenon to advertise steemit
I think it is better to refer to it as the "frequency illusion" to avoid confusion with other things.
I think it is better to refer to it as the "frequency illusion" to avoid confusion with other things.
What other things?
This.
It's probably a little controversial to like the name for this reason but apparently it got its name from that very group being heard of more than once in a short time.
https://www.damninteresting.com/the-baader-meinhof-phenomenon/
Personally I'm more interested in the history of a word or name than in the "politically correct" or "scientifically accepted".
It's not politically correct. It's just to avoid ambiguity which is a different matter. Frequency illusion is more descriptive too. Baader Meinhof says absolutely nothing about what it involves.