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    Cognitive Bias Entry #0118

    The reason you see the pattern only after somebody names it

    The pattern was always in front of you. A name gives it a category, and a category is what perception needs in order to sort anything into it.

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    The hidden part #0118

    A name is not a description of a pattern. It is the instrument that makes the pattern detectable.

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