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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 08 July 2014 10:51:16AM *  2 points [-]

contrarians

How much of EYs material has been retracted or amended under critique? AFAICT , the answer is none.

Comment author: bramflakes 09 July 2014 12:50:48PM 5 points [-]

Complexity bound and speed limit for evolution

Comment author: ChristianKl 08 July 2014 11:48:58AM *  2 points [-]

How much of EYs material has been retracted or amended under critique? AFAICT , the answer is none.

The April Fool post of EY would be an example retracted from LW because of criticism. I still consider retractions to be a good metric for criticism. Not everyone thinks that honest mistakes should be retracted.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 08 July 2014 01:31:43PM 1 point [-]

He did solicit amendments for republication. Going back and changing old blog posts is considerably more... revisionist.

Comment author: Adele_L 09 July 2014 10:15:15PM 0 points [-]

IIRC, he retracted one of his earlier articles on gender because he doesn't agree with it anymore.

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