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donkey_brainstoday at 2:19 AM3 repliesview on HN

“If this “experiment” personally harmed you, I apologize.”

Real apologies don’t come with disclaimers!


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mrandishtoday at 2:51 AM

Yeah, that whole post comes across as deflecting and minimizing the impact while admitting to obviously negligent actions which caused harm.

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netsharctoday at 3:01 AM

Funny how he wrote "First,..." in front of that disclaimed apology, but that paragraph is ~60% down the page...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jun/29/learning-how...

Just noticed, the first word of the whole text is "First, ...". So, the apology is not even the actual first..

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seanhuntertoday at 1:00 PM

Exactly.

“If…. X then I’m sorry” is not an apology. It’s weasel-worded BS is what it is.