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← A retraction can itself be wrong, and be worth retracting.

8 connected korrents · 9 moments on record from 21 Aug 2019 to 6 Aug 2026.

Rests onSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A retraction can itself be wrong, and be worth retracting. A retraction can itself be wrong,and be worth retracting. SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-06-22 — tap for who they are Rests on: A writer should keep a public list of the things they got significantly wrong, so that readers can judge their credibility. — tap to centre the map on it A writer should keep a publiclist of the things they gotsignificantly wrong, so thatreaders can judge their… SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2019-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Giving something 60-40 odds and being wrong is not itself a mistake. — tap to centre the map on it Giving something 60-40 oddsand being wrong is not itselfa mistake. SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The one political value worth fighting for is opposing thought control: removing someone for saying the wrong thing is never the right outcome, whichever side does it. — tap to centre the map on it The one political value worthfighting for is opposingthought control: removingsomeone for saying the wrong… DH Dan Houser — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A bubble can only be identified in retrospect, so arguing about whether one is happening now cannot be settled now. — tap to centre the map on it A bubble can only beidentified in retrospect, soarguing about whether one ishappening now cannot be… HM Howard Marks — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even when advice is understood and believed, people discount it by assuming their own case is the exception. — tap to centre the map on it Even when advice is understoodand believed, people discountit by assuming their own caseis the exception. AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-03-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Numbers offer a false precision: which metrics you choose to look at, and whether a five percent rise is good, are both art rather than science. — tap to centre the map on it Numbers offer a falseprecision: which metrics youchoose to look at, and whethera five percent rise is good… JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Going to read work you know is good when your own is going badly is legitimate recalibration, not theft. — tap to centre the map on it Going to read work you know isgood when your own is goingbadly is legitimaterecalibration, not theft. GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A discovery you can see your way through to is impossible to abandon, even out of a real fear that it will be misused. — tap to centre the map on it A discovery you can see yourway through to is impossibleto abandon, even out of a realfear that it will be misused. JL Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A retraction can itself be wrong, and be worth retracting. Holds Scott Alexander Read this korrent →