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Scott Alexander Mistakes online This work serves as a list of times the author made significant mistakes and wants to put these errors as an acknowledgement. Mistakes range from inaccurate summaries, failure to acknowledge new studies directly contradicting their previous stance, and misinterpretation of data from external sources. The author lists his most recent error as stating that Effective Altruism’s failures do not cancel out the effect of saving lives and expresses regret at this phrasing. – AI-generated abstract.

Mistakes

Scott Alexander

Astral codex ten, October 20, 2021

Abstract

This work serves as a list of times the author made significant mistakes and wants to put these errors as an acknowledgement. Mistakes range from inaccurate summaries, failure to acknowledge new studies directly contradicting their previous stance, and misinterpretation of data from external sources. The author lists his most recent error as stating that Effective Altruism’s failures do not cancel out the effect of saving lives and expresses regret at this phrasing. – AI-generated abstract.

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