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Gotta give him some respect for admitting he was wrong, and doing so several times. Everyone is wrong from time to time, but barely anyone can openly admit it.
And also add to that that this is more like escaping from a cult than it is merely admitting you were silly and wrong.
99% of doing science is being wrong and being happy about it
99% of the time, I make up statistics
He's getting more views on the "I was wrong" videos so I have doubts about his real motivation. I know, I'm very cynical.
That's not a given, and the human brain has very strong aversions to admitting fault.
You're right, I was wrong.
I wouldn't say you're wrong necessarily, just that prevailing indications suggest the opposite.
you can both be wrong
I wonder if I could become a big Antivax YouTuber but just leave in little oopsies to try and convince people subtly that I'm wrong.
99% of flat earthers are just trolling, I refuse to believe anything else
I don't know the percentage, but I've been to a flat earthers/variety conspiracy convention. Unless all of them are pretty good actors, they're all were very serious about their batshitery. It's scary, really.
99% of them are in it for the community. The other 1% is in it for the views and followers.