a form of Gell-Mann amnesia

[joy_of_cooking]

Anyone else experience this?

Me: This is awful. How did it get an H? Readers are so stupid.
Me, minutes later: Oh my goodness, my story got another five! I'm such a great writer!

Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#GellMannAmnesiaEffect

 

[EmilyMiller]

Anyone else experience this?

Me: This is awful. How did it get an H? Readers are so stupid.
Me, minutes later: Oh my goodness, my story got another five! I'm such a great writer!

Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#GellMannAmnesiaEffect

I experience it whenever I read any mainstream articles or books about Biology and think - the writer so doesn’t understand. Then I read some pop science book on, say, quantum field theory, and I’m all impressed .

Em

 

[alohadave]

There is a reverse form of this with politicians. Most people think that all politicians are corrupt idiots who are bought and sold daily. Except for the ones that directly represent them. Those ones are the good guys.