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LessWrong May 14, 2026 at 10:22 AM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/NQquXynvuAor3KAnD/don-t-let-people-b...
- Theranos was a blood-testing company, not a medical-imaging company. Holmes raised money on claims about blood-analysis technology using tiny samples, not imaging devices.
- Enron was not an investment program promising above-market returns to depositors. It was a public energy company whose scandal centered on accounting fraud and hidden debt.
- That describes a Ponzi scheme, not Enron’s scandal. Enron’s collapse involved deceptive accounting and hidden liabilities, not paying earlier investors from newer investors’ funds.
LessWrong May 14, 2026 at 09:50 AM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/sJEcNgqnSL2n35QWR/the-impossible-pro...
- CFAR’s later account says ACDC had not seen all the evidence later published on Medium. It says most of the first post had been in the original allegations, but not the latter two posts.
Substack May 14, 2026 at 06:45 AM
alwaysoncall.substack.com/p/our-penicillin-moment
- This overstates the number by a wide margin. CDC data show 88.6% of U.S. residents had a usual place to go for medical care in 2024, which implies roughly 11.4% lacked one—about 39 million people, not 100 million.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 06:45 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina
- Saud bin Abdulaziz was not the founder of the First Saudi State. Credible Saudi sources identify Imam Muhammad bin Saud as the founder.
- This reverses the roles of Muhammad Ali's sons. Scholarly sources say Tusun Pasha occupied Medina in 1812, while Ibrahim Pasha led the later campaign into Najd.
- The 2022 city-population figure here is wrong. Saudi official statistics list Madinah's 2022 total population as 1,411,599, not 1,477,023.
- This overstates the airport's LEED distinction. The airport's own operator says it was the first LEED Gold-certified commercial airport terminal in MENA, not the first LEED Gold certificate in the region overall.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 06:44 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunts_Point,_Washington
- This is outdated. Patty Kuderer is no longer the 48th District senator; she became Washington insurance commissioner in January 2025, and the current 48th District senator is Vandana Slatter.
- This is outdated. Joan McBride is not one of the current House members for the 48th District; the current representatives are Osman Salahuddin and Amy Walen.
- The municipal type is wrong. Official Hunts Point sources say it incorporated as a fourth-class town, not as a city.
- These area figures are outdated. Current Census geography data shows Hunts Point is about 0.75 square miles total, with about 0.31 square miles of land and 0.44 square miles of water.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 06:44 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina_(disambiguation)
- Medina, Misamis Oriental is no longer classified as a 4th class municipality. The Philippine Statistics Authority currently lists it as a 2nd class municipality.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 06:43 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina,_Washington
- Medina’s tree code is no longer the 2006 edition. The city says its tree code was updated by Ordinance 1012 effective July 16, 2022, and the current Tree Management Code is in Chapter 16.52 of the municipal code.
X May 14, 2026 at 06:26 AM
x.com/emollick/status/2054781154553729088
- The UK body is the AI Security Institute, abbreviated AISI — not “AISA.”
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 06:18 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarra
- The Great Mosque of Samarra was not built in 847. UNESCO’s nomination dossier dates the mosque to 849–852.
- This date range is too late at the end. The Samarra culture is generally dated to roughly 5550–4800 BCE, not to 3900 BCE.
- The yearly precipitation total in the climate table is arithmetically wrong. The monthly values shown on the page add up to 171 mm, not 127 mm.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 06:15 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umayyad_invasion_of_Gaul
- This should be Pepin, not Charles. Charles Martel died in 741, while the conflict with Waifer belongs to Pepin the Short’s campaigns of the 750s and 760s.
- This etymology is incorrect. Standard French etymological dictionaries derive *charabia* from Provençal *charabiat*, probably altered from Spanish *algarabia* (“Arabic language”), not from Arabic *charaha*.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 06:15 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tours
- The battlefield’s exact site is not known. Modern reference works describe Moussais-la-Bataille as only one proposed location among several, not an established fact.
- This is wrong on both counts: stirrups had already reached Europe by about AD 600, and heavy cavalry existed long before stirrups.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 06:08 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batiniyya
- "Bāṭiniyya" is not a neutral self-designation accepted by Ismailis; standard Ismaili and academic reference works describe it as a pejorative label used mainly by opponents.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 06:06 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Sicily
- Robert Guiscard did not conquer Sicily in 1060. The Norman conquest began in 1061 and was only completed decades later, in 1091.
- Palermo was conquered by the Aghlabids in 831, not 886. The year in this sentence is incorrect.
- The 740 expedition did not capture Syracuse outright. Reference works describe it as a siege that forced Syracuse to pay tribute before the Arabs withdrew.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 06:04 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladin_Governorate
- This governor name is outdated. Salah al-Din’s official governor is Haitham al-Zahwan, not Badr/Badir al-Fahl.
- This listed governor is incorrect. Salah al-Din’s official governor is Haitham al-Zahwan.
- This council chairman listing is outdated. Salah al-Din’s provincial council chairman is Adel al-Sumaidaie.
- Tarmiyah does not belong in this governorate list. Al-Tarmiyah is in Baghdad Governorate, not Saladin Governorate.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 06:02 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_II_of_France
- This sentence is chronologically impossible: Charles was made duke of Normandy in 1355, but John II was not captured at Poitiers until 19 September 1356. The 1355 grant therefore did not happen during John's captivity after Poitiers.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 06:01 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_VII_of_France
- This sequence is backwards. Charles VII’s last son, Charles of France, was born on December 28, 1446, but Louis was banished to the Dauphiné on September 27, 1446—months earlier.
- This birth date for Charles of France, duke of Berry, is incorrect. Reliable references place his birth in late December 1446, specifically on December 28.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 06:01 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitiers
- Hilary was an early bishop of Poitiers, but not the first bishop. The Diocese of Poitiers' own list places Saint Hilaire ninth, and local tourism material calls him the 'first known bishop' rather than the first bishop.
- In 1418 Charles was not yet King Charles VII. He became Charles VII in 1422; the Parliament of Poitiers was created in 1418 by the dauphin Charles while Charles VI was still alive.
- Poitiers Basket 86 is not in France's top Pro A/Betclic ÉLITE. The LNB's official current competition coverage places PB86 in ELITE 2, the second tier.
- France Business School no longer exists as a current school in Poitiers. The FBS association was dissolved in 2015.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 05:59 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc
- This overstates the timeline. After her abjuration in May 1431, Joan was made to wear women’s clothing before later resuming male attire.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 05:55 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_IX_of_France
- This mixes up two different battles. 8 February 1250 was the Battle of Mansurah; the Battle of Fariskur happened later, on 6 April 1250, during the crusaders’ retreat.
- The sack of Baghdad did not happen in 1260. Hülegü’s Mongol army captured and sacked Baghdad in February 1258.
- Provence was not annexed by Louis IX. It remained outside the French kingdom for centuries and was only annexed to France in 1481/1486.
- Gregory IX did not simply order all copies of the Talmud destroyed. His 1239 letters called for Jewish books to be seized and examined; the later condemnation and burning followed the Paris proceedings.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 05:55 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lusignan
- The Lusignans ruled Jerusalem and Cyprus, and later claimed Armenia, but they did not rule the Principality of Antioch or the County of Tripoli.
- Aimery of Lusignan left Poitou after rebelling against Henry II, not because Richard the Lionheart expelled him.
- This has the chronology backwards: the castle was dismantled long before Louis XIV's reign, not fortified by him.
- By the 18th century no Lusignan 'principal branch' retained Lusignan or the County of La Marche; those lands had long since passed to the French crown.