TIL 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 publication - eviltoast
  • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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    3 months ago

    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

    • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      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.