Has anyone else here noticed this 'phenomena'?
I have; but the subtleties make it somewhat hard for me to pin-down in any particular instance. But I still feel it if not directly, subconsciously.

Anyway, I wrote a whole big long rant, but I decided not post that. Instead, below is a link to the BBC article By Melissa Hogenboom 20 December 2017:
https://www.bbc.com/future/story/201...ng-people-back