04-11-2020, 01:46 AM
How is this theory/effect called?
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>It goes something like this.</p> <p>Say you are an expert in a certain area and you open up a newspaper and start reading an article which relates to your expertise. You see that the article is basically crap full of wrong theories and assumptions. The you flip the page to next article about something you know nothing about and you believe everything that is written.</p> <p>It basically means that people believe everything that is written if they no nothing about that subject even though they had evidence several minutes ago that the journalists are not experts in subjects they write about.</p> <p>There is a name for this theory or effect and I can't seem to find it. But I'm sure I read it somewhere in this sub</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>It goes something like this.</p> <p>Say you are an expert in a certain area and you open up a newspaper and start reading an article which relates to your expertise. You see that the article is basically crap full of wrong theories and assumptions. The you flip the page to next article about something you know nothing about and you believe everything that is written.</p> <p>It basically means that people believe everything that is written if they no nothing about that subject even though they had evidence several minutes ago that the journalists are not experts in subjects they write about.</p> <p>There is a name for this theory or effect and I can't seem to find it. But I'm sure I read it somewhere in this sub</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> Kind Regards R