In this chapter, Dr. Barlow explores the frequency illusion, also known as the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, and other similar illusions.
The term frequency illusion comes from a term coined by American writer Terry Mullen .
In 1994, he wrote a letter to a Minnesotan newspaper explaining that he had been talking about the gang Meinhof terrorists to a friend, and his friend found an article about them in the paper; since then, the friend has been hearing about them all the time.
Similar experiences can be had with clocks, such as the 11:11 illusion, where people notice that the time is 11 minutes past 11 more often than they’d expect it to be.
Academics are also guilty of this sort of illusion, according to linguist Thomas Grano .
At Stanford, for instance, students are trying to learn how to effectively use the word quotative, or the practice of saying yeah
and no,
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