Nina’s Notes

Nina’s Notes

#123: 😁 Seeing Familiar Faces in Strange Places

The Psychology Behind the Familiar Stranger Effect

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Nina Patrick
Mar 12, 2025
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Hey Friends,

This past December I went to Cape Town, a place I had never been before, where I only knew one person.

When I found myself in a crowd, I kept seeing people who looked like friends of mine.

It kept happening so often that I thought - there has to be something to this.

I asked a few friends if they had experienced the same thing when they were in…

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