Marilyn vos Savant
Published: November 27, 2005
Parade.com Magazine
Q. Not long ago, it was pointed out that one of your responses was wrong. You replied that you were "mistaken." Why didn't you just admit that you were wrong, or do you think "wrong" and "mistaken" are the same thing?
—Lewis Jones, Ruston, La.
A. I don't identify with my work, so I never say (or even think) that "I was right" or "I was wrong." Instead, I would say, "I made a mistake. My answer was wrong."
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