The ScienceVerse | How The Impossible Isn’t Impossible: The Mongoose Phenomenon Explained @TheScienceVerse | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 10 hours ago
Video Authors:
Milan Sivakumar B.S in Biomedical Engineering UT Austin 2023
Thomas C. Varkey, B.S. in Biology Grand Canyon University 2017, Masters of Business Administration Grand Canyon University 2018, Doctorate of Medicine Dell Medical School UT Austin 2022, Masters of Education UT Austin 2022
Zachary I. Merhavy, BS in Biology from Grand Canyon University 2018; MS in Biology & Education from Grand Canyon University 2019; Medical Doctorate from Ross University School of Medicine 2025, Masters in Public Health from Chamberlain University 2025
www.linkedin.com/in/zachary-merhavy
John A. Varkey, BS in Electrical Engineering from Grand Canyon University 2020, MS in Electrical Engineering from The University of Notre Dame 2022, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M 2026
Often when discussing what is considered a rarer occurring event, individuals reference the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon as insurance against fallacious thinking. Also known as the frequency bias, this logical heuristic states that rare occurring events are rare and the knowledge of the existence of rare occurrences makes the interlocutor more likely to search out the event or see it occur more frequently. These false increases in observation frequency can logically be blamed, at least in part, on the interlocutor being made aware of the event existence. This Baader-Meinhof logical heuristic is often mis-utilized in the sciences to minimize the chances of rarer phenomena from being considered within a logical framework for the work up of a problem. This article presents a new logical heuristic, the “Mongoose Phenomenon” as a counter argument and presents it in the context of the fields of medicine, the hard sciences, engineering, and philosophy. It is the intention of the authors that this logical heuristic be utilized to improve the thought process of scientists, clinicians, and others to ensure the best thought process for the work up and creation of a solution for problems.
Sources:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK551672
Songs Used:
Readers! Do You Read by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/reappear
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com
Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303
Artist: http://incompetech.com
Xenogenesis by TheFatRat: youtube.com/watch?v=2Ax_EIb1zks
0:00 Intro
1:15 Penicillin
2:13 Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon
3:46 Mongoose Phenomenon In Medicine
4:08 Mongoose Phenomenon In Engineering
5:24 Implications in Philosophy
5:41 Conclusion
Video Authors:
Milan Sivakumar B.S in Biomedical Engineering UT Austin 2023
Thomas C. Varkey, B.S. in Biology Grand Canyon University 2017, Masters of Business Administration Grand Canyon University 2018, Doctorate of Medicine Dell Medical School UT Austin 2022, Masters of Education UT Austin 2022
Zachary I. Merhavy, BS in Biology from Grand Canyon University 2018; MS in Biology & Education from Grand Canyon University 2019; Medical Doctorate from Ross University School of Medicine 2025, Masters in Public Health from Chamberlain University 2025
www.linkedin.com/in/zachary-merhavy
John A. Varkey, BS in Electrical Engineering from Grand Canyon University 2020, MS in Electrical Engineering from The University of Notre Dame 2022, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M 2026
Often when discussing what is considered a rarer occurring event, individuals reference the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon as insurance against fallacious thinking. Also known as the frequency bias, this logical heuristic states that rare occurring events are rare and the knowledge of the existence of rare occurrences makes the interlocutor more likely to search out the event or see it occur more frequently. These false increases in observation frequency can logically be blamed, at least in part, on the interlocutor being made aware of the event existence. This Baader-Meinhof logical heuristic is often mis-utilized in the sciences to minimize the chances of rarer phenomena from being considered within a logical framework for the work up of a problem. This article presents a new logical heuristic, the “Mongoose Phenomenon” as a counter argument and presents it in the context of the fields of medicine, the hard sciences, engineering, and philosophy. It is the intention of the authors that this logical heuristic be utilized to improve the thought process of scientists, clinicians, and others to ensure the best thought process for the work up and creation of a solution for problems.
Sources:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK551672
Songs Used:
Readers! Do You Read by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/reappear
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com
Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303
Artist: http://incompetech.com
Xenogenesis by TheFatRat: youtube.com/watch?v=2Ax_EIb1zks
0:00 Intro
1:15 Penicillin
2:13 Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon
3:46 Mongoose Phenomenon In Medicine
4:08 Mongoose Phenomenon In Engineering
5:24 Implications in Philosophy
5:41 Conclusion
