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It's an inverse Mann-gell, no ? Mann-gell amnesia is trusting a source despite the fact that on subject you know a lot about, it's wrong more often than not.
by orwin 2y ago
It's an inverse Mann-gell, no ?
Mann-gell amnesia is trusting a source despite the fact that on subject you know a lot about, it's wrong more often than not.
I'd say than inverse Mann-gell amnesia (Gell-Mann remembrance ?) is not trusting a source because it was factually wrong on a detail despite being overall correct.
And sometimes it's caused by simplification. I used to watch a vulgarisation channel, that happened to be wrong about some issue because of oversimplification and overgeneralization, I understand that it's needed, but I cannot help but think 'what if she's wrong there too' and stopped watching vulgarization for good :/
[edit] sorry for the unrelated tangent, I guess I just wanted to rant about that for months and finally found an occasion