hannah onlineNov 21, 2022
mastodon getting mainstream coverage has been such an intense demonstration of that effect where you only realize that the news is completely, outrageously wrong about the most basic shit when it talks about something you're actually familiar with
Show threadneville parkNov 21, 2022
@prehensile a. k. a. Gell-Mann Amnesia
Show threadhannah onlineNov 21, 2022
@nev i knew it had a cool name!
Show threadBlake C. StaceyNov 21, 2022
@prehensile @nev "Gell-Mann amnesia" was coined by Michael Crichton, a climate-science denier and generally awful person. It's entirely possible that in whatever examples he had in mind, *he* was the one in the wrong.... But if we're avoiding 4chan lingo, we should avoid that too.
Show threadDeborah Pickett
@bstacey @prehensile @nev Oh, good to know, I will stop using the term henceforth.
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