What an author did when paper was proved wrong

In summary, when an author’s paper was proven wrong, they took responsibility for the errors, acknowledged the feedback from the scientific community, and worked to correct the mistakes by revising the research or conducting further studies. This transparent approach aimed to maintain integrity within the field and contribute to the ongoing dialogue about the topic.
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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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