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Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

• bananamerica 6y ago
  How did I know this linked to some kind of general principle with a cool short name even before reading or opening the link?
  • dredmorbius 6y ago
    Well, there are several such: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponymous_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponymous_laws Though I'm not aware of a law stating that for any given principle there is an existing eponymous law.
    • esja 6y ago
      Haven’t you heard of DredMorbius’s Law of Eponymity?
      • dredmorbius 6y ago
        But bananamerica really discovered it. ... oh, wait: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy
        • AnthonyMouse 6y ago
          The patent system in a nutshell, ladies and gentlemen.
        • bananamerica 6y ago
          Something tells me there’s a XKCD for that, or at least it should be.