Public error correction

Public error correction refers to situations where decisionmaker errors are discovered and corrected by open public discussion.

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 * Transparency is a policy which allows and encourages public error correction.

Successes
The following is a list of cases where public error correction has taken place and allowed problems to be solved rather than ignored or subjected to arbirtrary (over)reaction.
 * slavery; legal exclusion of "minorities"; legal exclusion of women
 * the Antarctic ozone hole
 * 2006-05-20 Ozone Hole May Disappear by 2050
 * it is apparently disputed that measures taken to save the ozone layer are in fact the cause of the hole's reduction

Reference

 * Wikipedia: The Wisdom of Crowds