[whyisthewhat]

Very often "Gell-Mann amnesia effect" is invoked to mean "this story is complete rubbish" when what is actually meant is "I have a different, not necessarily correct, and very possibly self-interested interpretation of the facts"

[arkades]

In the interest of not getting unnecessarily combative:

I can't tell whether your comment was stated in a tone of "I generally think Gell-Man amnesia effect is misused on HN," or whether you meant it to directly criticize my comment.

Please clarify, if you don't mind.