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by amdavidson 3011 days ago
Perhaps the frequency illusion bias?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases#Frequ...

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I know that's a thing, but am here for years and never encountered it. When I don't know a word I look it up so can't say I've never seen it even if I don't remember its meaning.
It's just the bias at work. That word's been used around here plenty ;)

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=provenance&sort=byDate&prefix&...