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wizzwizz4yesterday at 5:48 PM1 replyview on HN

Not in most fields, unless misconduct is evident. (And what constitutes "misconduct" is cultural: if you have enough influence in a community, you can exert that influence on exactly where that definitional border lies.) Being wrong is not, and should not be, a career-ending move.


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iugtmkbdfil834yesterday at 6:17 PM

If we are aiming for quality, then being wrong absolutely should be. I would argue that is how it works in real life anyway. What we quibble over is what is the appropriate cutoff.

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