I recently parsed the phenomenon of being able to 'feel' someone watching you, and now I would like to debunk the idea that once you learn about something, it happens and appears in front of you more and more. For example, my roommate recently did aproject on Bosnia and Herzegovina and now she sees it in the news everywhere. Much like when you acquire a new word into your vocabulary, you come across the word very frequently. Again, I believe this is not a true phenomenon. Once we have acquired a new extravagant word to our vocabulary, we are more likely to be consciously aware that we have encountered that word. When we encounter the word soon after we have learned its meaning, we will need to remind ourselves what the meaning is, and also likely feel rewarded for knowing it. You will see that over time, we will no longer pay much attention to the individual word as we no longer need to stop and remind ourselves of the meaning and no longer feel the need to reward ourselves for knowing it, and the word will dissipate into our regular vocabulary.

What other phenomenons can you debunk?