[TChad]

Isn’t there some kind of “effect”...

You may be thinking of the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect as described by Michael Crichton.

https://niftycryptonomad.com/gell-mann-amnesia-effect-and-the-biased-reality-of-media-perception/"

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Thanks, I knew there was a scientist in there, and thought maybe it was the Feynman effect or something.