Learning From the Frequency Illusion - 3 Quarks Daily

Learning From the Frequency Illusion - 3 Quarks Daily

by Hari Balasubramanian A fire hydrant on my daily walk that I never noticed until recently. In the long and evolving list of cognitive biases, the ‘frequency illusion’ feels most familiar: I’ve experienced it so many times that it seems almost ordinary. This is roughly how it works. First, you encounter something – an unusual word like ‘topology’, or the title of a new book or a movie – that makes you stop and notice. Then, in the days after, t…