@davidgerard@circumstances.run
2026-01-16 09:07 UTC
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@Tattie@eldritch.cafe 2026-01-16 14:24
@davidgerard@circumstances.run ironically I really thought Crichton was smart until he wrote a book around my own field of expertise. @geeeero@mastodon.social @lokeloski@mastodon.social
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@hazelnot@sunbeam.city 2026-01-16 15:18
@davidgerard@circumstances.run @geeeero@mastodon.social @lokeloski@mastodon.social could you elaborate on it, or provide some sources? Cause at first glance it honestly feels pretty accurate? Like I've even felt myself slip into this, and I only learned there's a name for it just now 😅
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@resuna@ohai.social 2026-03-17 12:28
@davidgerard@circumstances.run @geeeero@mastodon.social @lokeloski@mastodon.social The story may be made up but the effect is real. I started noticing it in journalism in the '90s... journalists often seemed authoritatively good at stuff I didn't know anything about, but as soon as they started writing about the Internet, or anything else that was at the time a bit esoteric but I know a lot about, their stuff was obvious twaddle. See also Knoll's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Knoll