That’s technically correct but it’s like saying we shouldn’t have an obesity cri...

		acdha on June 15, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Goodhart's Law: When a measure becomes a target, i... That’s technically correct but it’s like saying we shouldn’t have an obesity crisis because anyone who eats less than they burn will reliably lose weight. We have too much evidence about human nature to treat something which happens so commonly as an edge case.