What an author did when paper was proved wrong

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A statistician with two decades of experience in ecology reflects on a recent challenge after colleagues published a response to a decade-old paper he co-authored, demonstrating that their proposed method is fundamentally flawed. The statistician commends the response for its quality and emphasizes the importance of maturity and reasonableness in acknowledging errors, particularly in significant matters. This situation highlights the value of constructive criticism and the need for openness to being proven wrong in scientific discourse.
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An article by an author whose paper was proved wrong
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02870-z

As a statistician with 20 years of experience in the field of ecology, I recently faced a challenging moment. In August, some colleagues in Canada published a response1 to a paper that I co-wrote a decade ago, showing that the method my co-authors and I proposed back then is fundamentally flawed.
 
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An excellent response. I wish a significantly larger portion of society would be as mature and reasonable about being proved wrong about anything, let alone something important to them.
 
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