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Peter Gleick

petergleick.bsky.social

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I found a quote from Abraham Lincoln but simply couldn't find where it was from. So I asked an AI for the attribution. It named a speech, but I looked and it wasn't there. Then 3 different Lincoln letters it wasn't in. Then an address to Congress it wasn't in. Turns out Lincoln never said it.

2025-08-16T23:48:07.508Z