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I don't see why so many people congratulate him on admitting that he made a mistake. He got it wrong. He admitted it. Congratulations in order? No. It seems to
by pistoriusp 17y ago
I don't see why so many people congratulate him on admitting that he made a mistake.
He got it wrong. He admitted it. Congratulations in order? No. It seems to me that it's a fairly natural way to do things that doesn't require a back pat, or are we really so arrogant?
- gjm11 17y agoEmpirically, it seems that pundits who make mistakes rarely admit it. Therefore, admitting it is evidence that he's got more integrity than most. (Or, of course, different readers, or a different mental model of what his readers care about, or something, but whatever it is it seems to produce similar results to integrity.)
- jcl 17y agoCorollary: To increase the integrity of your site, all you have to do is make some mistakes, then retract them a few days later. :)