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Behind the Scenes: The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect

Behind the Scenes: The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect

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Man with Smoke Obscuring Face to Represent Behind the Scenes: The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect

“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 ba…

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