RE: https://norfolk.social/@rachel/117484055631103353
Some of the comments in the thread here are, unlike on other platforms, well worth reading.
I'm reminded yet again of the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect.
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@ColinTheMathmo A chemistry professor swore the New York Times had never published an article on science that didn't contain an error. I suspect he overstated that, but...
One morning he gave a pop quiz. Passed out photocopies of a diagram of the active ingredient in aspirin, with its chemical name. Students were asked to draw the correct molecular diagram based on the chemical name.
Every student passed the quiz. The Times had it wrong.
More accurately it is:
Knoll’s Law of Media Accuracy:
"Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true except for the rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge." -- Erwin Knoll, as quoted in…The New York Times
Links:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#%22Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect%22
* https://themindcollection.com/gell-mann-amnesia-effect/
* https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/27/us/required-reading-smith-on-lawyers.html
Required Reading Smith on Lawyers (Published 1982)
Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect: Why You Shouldn’t Trust the Media
Michael Crichton