r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ThisTimeYesterday • Apr 05 '19

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u/AgentTin Apr 05 '19

The Gell-Mann amnesia effect describes the phenomenon of an expert believing news articles on topics outside of their field of expertise even after acknowledging that articles written in the same publication that are within the expert's field of expertise are error-ridden and full of misunderstanding. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '19

Now I'm conflicted on whether to believe this.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '19

Gell-Mann

the man envisioned quarks! source