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Cancers being distinct living beings by itself is controversial, but you unnecessarily anthropomorphizing. The truth is much more mundane. It's just Goodhart's

Cancers being distinct living beings by itself is controversial, but you unnecessarily anthropomorphizing. The truth is much more mundane. It's just Goodhart's Law.

ben_w 6d ago
If people already knew about Goodhart's Law, I wouldn't feel it necessay to give illustrated examples.
- muddi900 5d ago
  Most of the crowd here is pretty familiar. Some might say their job is optimizing ways to make numbers appear better without substantial change in input or output.