Do people think I should retract this shortform, given that it’s highly upvoted/visible and we can now believe with high probability it’s false?
I did say “low-confidence speculation” but it’s still very possible that ppl who scanned it the first time might be confused about it. So while I’m happy with my own epistemic stance it may still not be very useful.
Otoh it might be valuable to leave a good record/history of the ways that people can be wrong, for other viewers of this website who want to be, ah, less wrong.
Do people think I should retract this shortform, given that it’s highly upvoted/visible and we can now believe with high probability it’s false?
I did say “low-confidence speculation” but it’s still very possible that ppl who scanned it the first time might be confused about it. So while I’m happy with my own epistemic stance it may still not be very useful.
Otoh it might be valuable to leave a good record/history of the ways that people can be wrong, for other viewers of this website who want to be, ah, less wrong.
I think the usual approach is to put a dated correction at the top of the comment