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We really need to retire "Gell-Mann amnesia effect" and relegate it to a /glossary on HN along with the various philosophical razors, "Dunning-Kruger effect", "X fallacy", "gaslighting", and other intellectual placeholders like that.

As soon as I read the grandparent comment, I knew there was going to be a flood of people arriving to supply us with some wiki link.

This way we can just cut to the chase with "Ah, I smell a case of /glossary#4 going on!".




Why should it be retired? Is it untrue? Is there a valid reason to doubt it? It is hard to accept a removal of useful mental shortcut for no reason.


Are you suggesting that it's not an actual phenomenon?




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