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Why does a lie travel further than the truth?
Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow
a walkthrough with stand-ins — a demonstration, not a finding · sealed
It significantly influences
A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed
certified · 10 yes · 3 no · 2 abstained
What significantly influences it
Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes
certified · 12 yes · 2 no · 1 abstained
Judged not to be linked
Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all
judged not to · 3 yes · 10 no · 2 abstained
Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported
judged not to · 6 yes · 22 no · 1 abstained · cross-group
The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it
judged not to · 1 yes · 13 no · 1 abstained
Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised
judged not to · 3 yes · 12 no
Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes
judged not to · 2 yes · 12 no · 1 abstained
A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it
judged not to · 2 yes · 13 no
The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association
judged not to · 2 yes · 13 no
Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all
judged not to · 7 yes · 22 no · cross-group
Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported
judged not to · 1 yes · 14 no
The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it
judged not to · 3 yes · 11 no · 1 abstained
Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised
judged not to · 3 yes · 11 no · 1 abstained
A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it
judged not to · 2 yes · 12 no · 1 abstained
The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association
judged not to · 1 yes · 14 no
A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed
judged not to · 3 yes · 12 no
A group’s judgement, not a measurement. Demo room. On the atlas.
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