Media carries with it a credibility that is totally undeserved. Simply put, the Gell-Mann amnesia effect states that if journalists understand little about your field of expertise (in Nobel-winner Murray Gell-Mann’s case, physics) they probably know nothing about anyone else’s either. But when you turn the page, you forget the errors and assume the next story is somehow accurate. Amnesia.
Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities
After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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