Re:Information overload helps fake news spread
by forest_dweller on Thursday November 19, 2020 @04:26PM
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You are describing the Geil-Mann amnesia effect.
> He used this term to describe the phenomenon of experts believing news articles on topics outside of their fields of expertise, even after acknowledging that articles written in the same publication that are within the experts' fields of expertise are error-ridden and full of misunderstanding
> He used this term to describe the phenomenon of experts believing news articles on topics outside of their fields of expertise, even after acknowledging that articles written in the same publication that are within the experts' fields of expertise are error-ridden and full of misunderstanding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#GellMannAmnes...