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		vapemaster on Aug 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Preparedness Paradox i always heard it called the birthday problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem [weirdly, someone discovered an birthday overlap today at work and i just re-google/wiki'd this today]

bee_rider on Aug 15, 2022 [–]

Huh, what are the odds that the same mathematical concept will come up in conversation twice on one day? We have invented the Synchronicity paradox, er, problem.

ithkuil on Aug 16, 2022 | [–]

Baader–Meinhof phenomenon or frequency illusion.

Sadly nobody called it baader-meinhof paradox.

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