I finally 'got' the concept of hypotheses after a couple stupid public policy experiments here in India. The 'Odd-Even' car rationing experiment in Delhi to red

I finally 'got' the concept of hypotheses after a couple stupid public policy experiments here in India. The 'Odd-Even' car rationing experiment in Delhi to reduce pollution was praised because it reduced traffic. Then the country-wide demonetization disaster meant to reduce undeclared income was later touted as a way to enable digital transactions. So to generalize, if you're not clear on what you're trying to achieve, you can claim success by retrofitting your results to any stated purpose.