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I think this is true, it's like a close relation of the Gell-Mann amnesia effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#:~:text=%5B149%5D-,%22Gell%2DMa
by tomgp 4mo ago
I think this is true, it's like a close relation of the Gell-Mann amnesia effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#:~:text=%5B149%5D-,%22Gell%2DMann%20amnesia%20effect%22,-%5Bedit%5D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#:~:text=%5B14...
- MichaelZuo 4mo agoThis! People are never perfectly even in intelligence across all possible disciplines.
- chrismorgan 4mo agoMore robust link (to the heading by ID, rather than by text directive with pre/post text that will change): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#%22Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#%22Gell-Mann_...
- ajross 4mo agoIt's worth pointing out that Crichton coined that term during a period in his life where he was rapidly descending into conspiracy and iconoclastic thought, and this is of a piece with that. Gell-Mann's observation was a sincere and thoughtful caution about the way we transmit information about complicated ideas. Crichton's "amnesia effect" is an excuse to ignore media you dislike.