Ken Burns, Faux "Storyteller"

The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect to the Rescue

(Note: I always watch Ken Burns productions, and generally enjoy them, although I have to admit I fell asleep for both Baseball and Jazz. So this is not an attack on his documentaries as entertainment.)

In writing my Eliot Ness article, I was inspired by Ken Burns’ inane comments and those of his collaborator Lynn Novick about Ness. I thought we all need…