"Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray’s case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the “wet streets cause rain” stories. Paper’s full of them.
That’s the same article I found too that showed up in a quick search. I’m stealing the phrase “wet streets cause rain” that sums a lot of media stories very well.
Reminds me of demolition experts watching WTC7 fall and conclusively saying it was a controlled demolition vs. Popular Mechanics explaining away what we all saw either by omission or outright untruths.
I had no idea there was a name for this phenomenon. Thank you very much, there’s some really smart folks around here.
https://www.epsilontheory.com/gell-mann-amnesia/
huh.. new to me
That’s the same article I found too that showed up in a quick search. I’m stealing the phrase “wet streets cause rain” that sums a lot of media stories very well.
I was struck by that as well.
Reminds me of demolition experts watching WTC7 fall and conclusively saying it was a controlled demolition vs. Popular Mechanics explaining away what we all saw either by omission or outright untruths.
You're welcome. I only remembered that there was a name for it, I still had to look it up!
And you're right: there are some very bright and creative people here, it's a joy to witness