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189 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 13 Jun \ on: When it's anecdotes vs "data" - trust the anecdotes alter_native
This is related to Goodhart's Law: "When a measure becomes a target it ceases to to be a good measure."
It also highlights the high level of expertise necessary to interpret data correctly. Anecdotes are not always better than data, but it takes a lot of skill and experience to interpret data correctly--and more often than not the data is abused instead of being used correctly.
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30 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 OP 13 Jun
And the experts are usually part of the system, so they often have a vested interest in keeping things the way they are...
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 13 Jun
Exactly... the ones who are qualified to interpret the data accurately are often the least incentivized to interpret it accurately.
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