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marcosdumay on Sept 17, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Goodhart's Law

I've heard plenty of "what else do I have to work with?", that has about the same meaning.

rhizome on Sept 17, 2021 | [–]

The politician's syllogism comes to mind: "Something must be done, this is something, so we must do this."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism

gipp on Sept 17, 2021 | [–]

That at least acknowledges that it's an unsatisfactory situation, OP's conversation didn't even have that level of awareness.

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