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> Since then, it's been harder for me to take criticism here very seriously. It's the HN version of Gell-Mann Amnesia. Perhaps it should be called idrios Amne
by tome 5y ago
> Since then, it's been harder for me to take criticism here very seriously.
It's the HN version of Gell-Mann Amnesia. Perhaps it should be called idrios Amnesia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#GellMannAmnesiaEffect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#GellMannAmnes...
- astrange 5y agoThe HN term for it (invented by pg) is "mid-brow dismissal" - when you reply to an article with something that applies to the general class of articles, but isn't a problem for the specific article because they knew that too, because of course they did.