offtopic: The word Baader Meinhof needs to be retried. Besides reminding us of terrorists and being pseudo-intellectual, it wastes time and attention (and co2) by having to google its meaning. The better terms, "Frequency illusion" or "selective attention bias", however are quite self explanatory.

I did a research paper on Baader Meinhof long before the phenomenon came to my attention.

It was two years after that paper before I came across any other mentions of them.

The very next time anybody mentioned them to me it was in the frequency context and I'd had exactly the opposite experience of the "phenomenon." No frequency illusion at all.

I have no idea why we'd name a phenomenon after a thing that made some guy have a certain feeling this one time. It's a moronic name.

Here's some more Baader Meinhof from me:

Omnibus did an episode on B Traven[0], but also did episodes on Baader Meinhof[1][2]!

[0] https://www.omnibusproject.com/317

[1] https://www.omnibusproject.com/310

[2] https://www.omnibusproject.com/311

Hello fellow Archimboldian!

I’m slowly making my way through 2666. The very dense, entirely descriptive prose is quite demanding but the story is quite interesting and meanders nicely. Definitely feels like drinking a large cup of very dense chocolate - delicious but must be done in small sips.

Me too -- I just watched the Treasure of Sierra Madre.

Not only did John Huston direct, his father acted in it. One of the best characters.

Me too! I was just reading this article from this week’s issue of The Nation.

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/b-traven-sierra-ma...

Another 2666 fan here. My copy of Treasure of Sierra Madre cites Traven as an inspiration for Archimboldi.