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# 2026-04-15 19:58:19

## Gell-Man Amnesia Effect

The [Gell-Mann amnesia effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#%22Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect%22)
may explain my tendency to rave about literature on other disciplines.
I am a bitter detractor of Mike Holt,
(who may be the only thing approaching a published researcher in our shared fields[^1])
but I'm quick to ignore typos and other presentation issues
which may be indicative of low rigor
in books and articles for adjacent fields.

[^1]: Those being the electrical trade (as practiced by electricians)
    and electrical estimating.