There’s a term for this.
Just yesterday I was thinking about how cute Walt Whitman was (as I mentioned in the previous post), and even though I didn’t mention it, I was thinking about Pablo Neruda, as well, and Veinte Poemas de Amor y Una Canción Desesperada. And today during the AcDec tests, the language and literature test referred to both poets as well as the aforementioned collection.
Ah, I knew it would be on DamnInteresting.com. Though what I’m thinking about doesn’t fit the exact description, it’s something akin to the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.
Another example is concerning the subject of my prepared speech for AcDec. It is about uninsured Americans receiving health care and hospital services at no cost, and abusing this fact. After I had written the speech, it seemed like I heard about it everywhere. And not just in things concerning the upcoming election. My physics teacher mentioned it, the economics teacher mentioned it, the other day Mr. Borowicz said he heard a discussion on talk radio that dealed specifically with my topic.
Perhaps it’s my imagination. Recency effect. Because it’s been on my mind, whenever I hear something about it I pay more attention than usual.
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