Though it should be noted that the effect originates with author Michael Crichton and has little to do with Gell-Mann himself: >I refer to it by this name beca

Though it should be noted that the effect originates with author Michael Crichton and has little to do with Gell-Mann himself: >I refer to it by this name 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.