The Railyard is getting ridiculous

direwolf987 wrote:
It seemed to me that I've been getting metal more often since the event started, but I think it's just a Baader-Meinhof phenomenon (yes, I had to re-look up what it was called)

I've been thinking that, as well. :lol:

Short Definition:

Noticing something that's always been around... after it's been brought to awareness/pointed-out.

Long Definition (from PSMag):

"Stanford linguistics professor Arnold Zwicky coined the former term in 2006 to describe the syndrome in which a concept or thing you just found out about suddenly seems to crop up everywhere. It’s caused, he wrote, by two psychological processes. The first, selective attention, kicks in when you’re struck by a new word, thing, or idea; after that, you unconsciously keep an eye out for it, and as a result find it surprisingly often. The second process, confirmation bias, reassures you that each sighting is further proof of your impression that the thing has gained overnight omnipresence."