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📣 amflare

Whats is the name of this phenomenon mentioned regularly on HN?


Every so often in the discussions under an article someone will bring up a phenomenon where a source will be wrong about a topic that someone is knowledgeable about or an expert on. But then when they source speaks on a subject that the individual in question knows little to nothing about, they will accept and believe it.

Does anyone know what the name of this phenomenon is called?


  👤 pwg Accepted Answer ✓
You may be thinking of "Gell-Mann Amnesia":

https://www.epsilontheory.com/gell-mann-amnesia/



👤 RandomOpinion
Gell-Mann ammnesia.