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by modal-soul 1865 days ago
Gell-Mann amnesia effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#GellMannAmnes...

> 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.

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It baffles me that the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect still doesn’t have it’s own Wikipedia page given how pervasive it is.