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Being wrong is popular

 •  • by Paul Ingraham
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It’s easy to win forgiveness for being wrong; being right is what gets you into real trouble.

Bjarne Stroustrup

I have really noticed this in my publishing career: self-effacing mea culpa blog posts are always super popular... but I routinely get vilified for (correctly) calling bullshit. (This suggests an effective strategy for blogging success: be wrong a lot, admit it a lot!)

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