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    8 days ago

    TIL about the Gell-Mann amnesia effect. From Wikipedia:

    The Gell-Mann amnesia effect is a cognitive bias describing the tendency of individuals to critically assess media reports in a domain they are knowledgeable about, yet continue to trust reporting in other areas despite recognizing similar potential inaccuracies.