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You've written a lot there, so on the first line of your comment, please write one sentence that summarizes what you want to say. Because without that context,
by FatalLogic 4y ago
You've written a lot there, so on the first line of your comment, please write one sentence that summarizes what you want to say.
Because without that context, it's very hard to process the rest of it, and I guess many people won't bother.
- 2hh9d8ue 4y ago[flagged]
- notahacker 4y agoHis post is quite well summarised by his second sentence. "Gell-Mann Amnesia" gets quoted a lot as "why trust journalists when you know they misunderstand stuff you understand", but Crichton's actual article wasn't just targeting the media but expertise in general and the idea that there was any point to making any predictions at all about the future, without any evidence base and with a layman's drive by attack on climate science, economic forecasting and medical testing ethics. Ironically considering the contexts the Gell-Mann Amnesia meme gets used, Crichton's article that coined it was a pretty broad ranging rant including about academics doing science! And I say this as someone who's cited the Gell Mann Amnesia effect meme before without having come across Crichton's original article.
- FatalLogic 4y agoThank you. But I was hoping for a one sentence summary that begins somewhat like: "Crichton's famous 'Gell-Mann Amnesia' effect is usually misunderstood, Crichton actually wanted to say ..." I thought OP's comment was interesting, but that it would be unfortunately ignored, because one must read most of the comment to begin to understand what OP is trying to say, and then read it again, with that knowledge, to really understand. And in fact, I think I was right, because the comment has not received the attention it probably deserves