<h1 id="baader-meinhof-phenomenon">Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon</h1>
<p>This is a psychological experience.</p>
<p>When I describe it in full, if you are of any age, you will almost
certainly think "oh yes, that has happened to me."</p>
<p>For older listeners, the name Baader-Meinhof might be memorable as a
name given to a group who liked to call themselves the 'Red Army
Faction.'</p>
<p>The name Baader-Meinhof, after two notable members of the group, was
given to it by journalists.</p>
<p>In the late sixties, all through the seventies, and even into the
eighties, the Red Army Faction were responsible for a number of
terrorist attacks in and around East and West Germany. One person's
terrorist is another person's freedom fighter, but we will not get into
that discussion.</p>
<p>This psychological phenomenon was given the name, after a man wrote a
letter to a newspaper in 1994 pointing out that he had recently heard
the name, Baader-Meinhof, and thereafter, seemed to hear or see it again
and again.</p>
<p>Following that, many people wrote to the same newspaper making
similar comments, about recently heard names, usually nouns, which were
then noticed by them frequently.</p>
<p>The phenomenon was also given the name 'Frequency Illusion' in
2005.</p>
<h2 id="wikipedia">Wikipedia</h2>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion">Here is
the Wikipedia link to the page for the 'Frequency Illusion', also known
as the 'Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.</a></p>
