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Re: Creeping normality

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Post by f2f »

Torkel wrote: post #2

Interesting, frogs boiling etc, but... What is up with all of these wikipedia entries making the front page of hacker news? Has it always been so and I’m mis remembering thinking this is something new?

> What is up with all of these wikipedia entries making the front page of hacker news? Has it always been so and I’m mis remembering thinking this is something new?

Hehe, there's another name for what you're describing: baader-meinhof effect...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baader%E2%80%93Meinhof_effect

Everything has a name nowadays. Taxonomies are almost complete :)

Re: Creeping normality

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Post by twic »

f2f wrote: post #11
Torkel wrote: post #2

Interesting, frogs boiling etc, but... What is up with all of these wikipedia entries making the front page of hacker news? Has it always been so and I’m mis remembering thinking this is something new?

> What is up with all of these wikipedia entries making the front page of hacker news? Has it always been so and I’m mis remembering thinking this is something new? Hehe, there's another name for what you're describing: baader-meinhof effect... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baader%E2%80%93Meinhof_effect Everything has a name nowadays. Taxonomies are almost complete :)

I swear i'm seeing the Baader-Meinhof effect come up more and more frequently recently.

Re: Creeping normality

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Post by abalaji »

Torkel wrote: post #2

Interesting, frogs boiling etc, but... What is up with all of these wikipedia entries making the front page of hacker news? Has it always been so and I’m mis remembering thinking this is something new?

At least since I've been browsing HN, it's been this way and I quite enjoy it. Lot's of Wikipedia pages I would otherwise not stumble upon. Usually, they are quite relevant to something happening in current events.

Re: Creeping normality

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Post by kbutler »

The Easter Island narrative is probably wrong: http://theconversation.com/the-truth-about-easter-island-a-s...

"It is generally agreed that Rapa Nui, once covered in large palm trees, was rapidly deforested soon after its initial colonisation around 1200 AD."

"Throughout the 19th century, South American slave raids took away as much as half of the native population. By 1877, the Rapanui numbered just 111. Introduced disease, destruction of property and enforced migration by European traders further decimated the natives and lead to increased conflict among those remaining."

Re: Creeping normality

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Post by mhb »

kbutler wrote: post #14

The Easter Island narrative is probably wrong: http://theconversation.com/the-truth-about-easter-island-a-s... "It is generally agreed that Rapa Nui, once covered in large palm trees, was rapidly deforested soon after its initial colonisation around 1200 AD." "Throughout the 19th century, South American slave raids took away as much as half of the native population. By 1877, the Rapanui numbered just 111. Introduced…

The Easter Island narrative is probably wrong

So is the boiling frog story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog

Re: Creeping normality

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Post by Ididntdothis »

This is presented mainly in a negative context but from my experience almost all change happens this way. You slowly get used to it. I still remember when people were saying that a mobile phone was a luxury item normal people don't need or that they would never do online banking.
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