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Many people, although not enough, have had similar experiences. I feel fortunate that it happened to me when I was still a kid. The local newspaper reported a s
by geomark 6y ago
Many people, although not enough, have had similar experiences. I feel fortunate that it happened to me when I was still a kid. The local newspaper reported a story about the adventures me and some neighbor kids had during a flood in our little town. It was exaggerated and bogus. That made an impression on me. Several times later in life I saw the same thing happen. My assumption these days is that most news stories range from being somewhat inaccurate to totally bogus.
- kruxigt 6y agoYeah. 100% with you on this. The world can be divided in 2 groups. The ones that are aware of this and a large part which actually isn't. However, even as someone who has, like you, been part of a few stories, and thereby rather early realized they are never correct, even then it's easy to forget this and read the daily news too naively. Especially in uncontroversial subjects.
- geomark 6y agoThe Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. We are all subject to it. Requires constant vigilance to avoid it.