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NapisaurusRex

What's the phrase that means I see this everywhere, so it must be true? Confirmation bias?
May 29 2014 10:19 AM
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    Galadriel
    I agree with Nanarie- I remember that to be called availability heuristic
    May 29 2014 12:04 PM
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    Sweeney
    It's neither. Availability heuristic is using the examples most easily remembered to base a judgement on.
    May 29 2014 12:06 PM
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    Sweeney
    I don't know if there is an established name for what you experience - my cursory googling yielded nothing. If I were to coin a phrase, I'd call it "thematic pareidolia".
    May 29 2014 12:07 PM
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