Before revision: alt=Photograph of MichaelChrichton speaking in front of a chalkboard|Michael Crichton, coiner of the term The Gell-Mann amnesia effect is a term coined by novelist Michael Crichton to describe the phenomenon of experts reading articles within their fields of expertise and finding them to be error-ridden and full of misunderstanding, but seemingly forgetting those experiences when reading articles in the same publications written on topics outside of their fields of expertise, which they believe to be credible.
After revision: The Gell-Mann amnesia effect is a term coined by novelist Michael Crichton to describe the phenomenon of experts reading articles within their fields of expertise and finding them to be error-ridden and full of misunderstanding, but seemingly forgetting those experiences when reading articles in the same publications written on topics outside of their fields of expertise, which they believe to be credible.