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there's something like Knoll's Law for HN where everything seems like intelligent opinions until the topic is in your area of expertise and then...
by gfody 4y ago
there's something like Knoll's Law for HN where everything seems like intelligent opinions until the topic is in your area of expertise and then...
- version_five 4y agoI've definitely seen this, but I also think HN had a decent list of base competencies where you actually do get comments from informed people. Knowing which topics attract trustworthy comments is still tough I'd say "mainstream" tech topics attract more uninformed comments because everyone thinks they know something, while more obscure stuff gets better comments (but obviously I could myself be falling for the bias of believing stuff I don't know about)
- jodrellblank 4y agoAlso like "Gell-Mann Amnesia" after physicist Murray Gell-Mann: “Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray’s case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the “wet streets cause rain” stories. Paper’s full of them. In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know.” – Michael Crichton (1942-2008) - some blog post https://www.epsilontheory.com/gell-mann-amnesia/ https://www.epsilontheory.com/gell-mann-amnesia/