Gell-Mann Amnesia effects

A form of Gell-Mann amnesia effect — The phenomenon of a person trusting newspapers for topics which that person is not knowledgeable about, despite recognizing the newspaper as being extremely inaccurate on certain topics which that person is knowledgeable about.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Gell-Mann Amnesia effect
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