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What's the word when people with trust and experience on one field suddenly trusted when they talk about other topics too? Saw this a lot with COVID but this i
by unpopularopp 5y ago
What's the word when people with trust and experience on one field suddenly trusted when they talk about other topics too? Saw this a lot with COVID but this is a good example too.
- anonporridge 5y agoSome kind of mix between appeal to authority and false equivalence?
- ulrashida 5y agoBut.. he has a blue check mark!
- dorkwood 5y agoMaybe the Halo Effect? "The halo effect (sometimes called the halo error) is the tendency for positive impressions of a person, company, brand or product in one area to positively influence one's opinion or feelings in other areas." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect
- jpeloquin 5y agoGell-Mann Amnesia Effect? Although that's more about how news and social media are unreliable sources of information on all topics. I've heard "Engineer's Disease" or "Engineer Syndrome" used to describe the tendency of so-called technical people to think their expertise generalizes to topics in which they have no experience.