FundMECFSResearch to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoTIL about the Gell-Mann amnesia effect; when experts find articles published within their field to be full of errors, but trust articles about other fields in the same publicationen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1343file-text
arrow-up1343external-linkTIL about the Gell-Mann amnesia effect; when experts find articles published within their field to be full of errors, but trust articles about other fields in the same publicationen.m.wikipedia.orgFundMECFSResearch to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFundMECFSResearchOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 months agoIn real life if I give people my academic title they’ll trust me more than the random person who is arguing with me about basic facts in my field of expertise. For some reason, not on reddit though
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoOn an anonymous platform like reddit there’s no verification. Unless you cite what you’re saying one person is as likely an expert as anyone else.
In real life if I give people my academic title they’ll trust me more than the random person who is arguing with me about basic facts in my field of expertise. For some reason, not on reddit though
On an anonymous platform like reddit there’s no verification. Unless you cite what you’re saying one person is as likely an expert as anyone else.