Me: Hey cool, there’s a name for it. [looks it up]. And the term was coined by … Michael Crichton? [sad trombone]
Oh well.
Also: Yay, another Angela Collier vid!
ETA: I really can’t get over how Michael Crichton coined the term, while building a career on its inverse: assuming that his competence in one area meant a similar level of competence in others. He used his extensive background in [checks notes] biological anthropology to write a critique of climate and atmospheric science, called “State of Fear”. It was slammed by actual climate scientists, but according to Wikipedia, Dubya loved it.
And seriously: a room full of professional biologists who all forgot that reptiles can change their sex? That’s one of the most mind-blowing things they would’ve learned in first or second year.
