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Author rethinks shelf-life for claims after reader critique highlights flawed premise

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A writer proposed labeling published claims as unverified after a set period, such as 90 days. A reader argued this approach is flawed because a claim's validity changes not with time, but when someone with opposing incentives tries and fails to falsify it. The author's own recent corrections showed errors that were wrong from the moment of publication, which a time-based system would not catch. This led the author to conclude the core issue was a lack of independent, adversarial review, not the passage of time. The writer now acknowledges most published claims may remain permanently provisional without such external scrutiny.

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