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Murray Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect - 20250310
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In this episode, I discuss Bill Murray's recent comments about Bob Woodward on the Joe Rogan Experience and how they relate to the Murray Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect.
The Murray Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect, described by Michael Crichton, is a cognitive bias where individuals recognize media inaccuracies in subjects they are knowledgeable about but still trust the same media on topics they know little about. It occurs when someone reads an article on a familiar subject, realizes it is full of errors or misleading information, dismisses it as bad journalism, yet continues to trust other articles from the same source on unfamiliar topics. This effect highlights a blind spot in critical thinking, where people fail to apply their skepticism consistently, leading them to overestimate the reliability of media despite firsthand evidence of its shortcomings.
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