Why is it that when you think of something, you see it everywhere? (Baader - Meinhof) #animation

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]Why is it that when you think of something, you see it everywhere? I heard the word entropy [music] for the first time yesterday and since then I've seen it everywhere. In the newspaper, in advertisements, even on your t-shirt.

[00:00:09]>> This is the Baader-Meinhof [music] phenomenon. What?

[00:00:12]>> In 1994, a reader wrote to a newspaper in Minnesota stating that after first learning [music] about the German terrorist group, the Baader-Meinhof group, from an article, they encountered the name in multiple places [music] within 24 hours. The editorial staff has received countless letters from other people who have had [music] similar experiences. The name Baader-Meinhof simply stuck with this event. Your brain subconsciously searches [music] for the information you've just learned and each subsequent encounter with that word reinforces your belief [music] that it's some kind of mystical coincidence, not just a statistic.