You might be joking but it actually has a name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law Well, your idea i

You might be joking but it actually has a name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law Well, your idea is probably closer to the Marilyn Strathern definition.