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Michael Crichton used to call this the "Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect." That non-specialist reporting is usually grievously inaccurate about everything. But we ten
by psunavy03 3y ago
Michael Crichton used to call this the "Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect." That non-specialist reporting is usually grievously inaccurate about everything. But we tend to only notice when it's inaccurate about a subject we are trained/educated in, and then assume that it's accurate everywhere else.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#Gell-Mann_amn...
- rz2k 3y agoAn effect that was wonderfully illustrated in his book State of Fear, where he intended to undermine climate science.