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Apparently, there’s a weird phenomenon called the Baader Meinhof Effect. I have never heard of this until recently and I can only imagine how many more individuals have not heard about this strange yet very interesting phenomenon.
In short, The Baader Meinhof Effect happens when you develop a strong awareness of something you’ve never noticed before. There’s a whole background story on why it’s called Baader Meinhoff but we’re just focusing on the reason why I’m sharing this.
A week ago I was walking my dog around my neighborhood and noticed all of these beautiful butterflies fluttering around in hues of yellow and orange.
I thought nothing of it.
They were just butterflies.
I’ve seen them many times before, right?
Fast forward a couple of days later, I get a text message from a friend asking if I have seen a lot of butterflies latetly…
Weirdly, yes.
Again, didn’t really think much of it although it was a bit strange.
The next day at work, I was teaching a class of seven-year olds a lesson on creating sentences using the pictures on the photo cards. I picked a photo card from the large stack of cards and it was a…
