**Things that happened recently seem like they happen more often, or are more important.** We have a tendency to think that things that happened in the recent past are more likely to happen more frequently than they really are. This is probably a manifestation of the [[Availability Heuristic]] (my guess). It's also called the [[Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon]]. **** # More ## Source ## Related - [[Bias Index]] - [[Availability Heuristic]]