THE VIDEO SHELF · science communication
Gell-Mann Amnesia and Michio Kaku
Physicist Angela Collier uses Gell-Mann amnesia to critique pop-science figures, especially Michio Kaku, and works through an eigenvalue problem along the way. It is a long, rambling commentary on how experts see simplified explanations of their own field.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters recommend it for the Gell-Mann amnesia framing and as a skeptical take on Michio Kaku.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Angela Collier
- Topic
- science communication
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2024–2026
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From the original HN conversations
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A couple paragraphs in and I’m already like “Ah, here comes the Michael Crichton quote, the “papers’ full of ‘em” one.” I’ve never read one of these that didn’t come off as unbearably smug. Like sure, discerning the truth is hard, duh. But the people …
Uehreka on Hacker News · 2024-06
In Nobody knows what's going onDr Angela Collier has this fun concept she calls Mann-Gell Amnesia about how basic explanations of topics you are an expert in always seem very unsatisfactory, even when they come from good sources. It's definitely a weird little bias I've noticed in myself! [VIDEO]
rozab on Hacker News · 2024-12
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