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It's the frequency illusion (also known as the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon).

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

also known coloquially as 'blue car syndrome'.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Blue%20Car%2...

How do we know this is an illusion? Has anyone reproduced the illusion reliably?

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