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LessWrong May 14, 2026 at 05:17 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/aGnRcBk4rYuZqENug/it-s-okay-to-feel-...
- This quotation is misattributed. The Dhammapada does not contain this sentence; the identifiable phrase "physical, but not mental" comes from the Sallatha Sutta (SN 36.6), while the funeral/mother example does not appear in the Dhammapada text.
LessWrong May 14, 2026 at 05:17 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/faGfpCwznWbe3AytD/why-do-you-need-th...
- Medical sources do have a standard definition of inflammation. Major references consistently define it as the body's response to injury, infection, or other harmful stimuli.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 04:45 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Court_of_Justice
- The court has 153 judges in addition to its president, who is also a judge. So the total is 154 judges, not 153.
- The Karlsruhe outpost is officially located at Rintheimer Querallee 11, not “Rintheimer Strasse.”
- The court’s own description of the president’s role does not include chairing a regular civil or criminal senate. Instead, it lists her statutory chairs in the lawyer senate and the grand senates.
X May 14, 2026 at 04:11 PM
x.com/chrisbrunet/status/2054629975223865455
- The cited record was a hiring form, not a promotion/tenure-review document. SMU’s own policies show the “Faculty Permission to Hire Form” is used to approve an offer at appointment, while promotion and tenure are handled through a separate review process.
LessWrong May 14, 2026 at 03:36 PM
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- This overstates UK law. In 2023 the UK did not have a simple blanket ban on all consensual 'sex for rent' arrangements; prosecutors relied on prostitution/exploitation offences that only apply in particular circumstances, and the Home Office was still consulting on whether a bespoke offence was needed.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 03:09 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Murphy
- Murphy is no longer the second-youngest world champion. Wu Yize's 2026 title made Wu the second-youngest winner, with Murphy older than Wu when he won in 2005.
LessWrong May 14, 2026 at 03:01 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/gutiw8MBrYDiD2u5z/models-finding-sof...
- Patch-to-exploit delays were often short, not generally "so long." Google/Mandiant reported that in 2023, 12% of n-day flaws were exploited within one day, 29% within one week, and over half within one month of patch availability.
- Historical botnets did considerably more than DDoS, spam, or simple credential scraping. DOJ records show botnets were already being used to steal banking credentials, execute fraudulent transfers, and distribute ransomware.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 02:48 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_Charlie_Kirk
- Apple Music shows "We Are Charlie Kirk" was released first as a single on September 16, 2025, while the album Charlie Kirk Forever Alive was released later on September 18, 2025.
- Apple Music shows the song was released first as a standalone single on September 16, 2025; the album Charlie Kirk Forever Alive came later on September 18, 2025.
- Archived Billboard chart snapshots show "We Are Charlie Kirk" at No. 21 on both the December 6 and December 13, 2025 Hot Christian Songs charts, not a debut at No. 26 followed by a rise to No. 21.
Wikipedia May 14, 2026 at 02:44 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
- The Talyllyn Railway opened in 1865 for slate traffic. 1866 is the year its passenger service was formally approved and began.
LessWrong May 14, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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- 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
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- 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.