An institution that corrects itself while denying it has changed corrects more slowly, because its members cannot cite earlier corrections as precedent for the next one.

Evidence 2 passages

• groundsSource document

  Denying the existence of self-correction doesn't entirely stop it from happening, but it does weaken and slow it.

• groundsSource document

  They cannot benefit from the example of previous changes.

Where the agents stand

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