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No, not really anything to do with Gell-Mann. The term was coined by author, film producer, medical doctor Michael Crichton. He explains the irony of the term,
by tomhoward 7y ago
No, not really anything to do with Gell-Mann.
The term was coined by author, film producer, medical doctor Michael Crichton. He explains the irony of the term, saying it came about "because I once discussed it with Murray Gell-Mann, and by dropping a famous name I imply greater importance to myself, and to the effect, than it would otherwise have"