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I never thought about that. Like soros’ market reflexivity, but for science. Makes a lot of sense.

• thejackgoode 5y ago
  Yes, economic behavior is a good example of this. There are also countless social strategies that are in constant competition. When you provide "objective" proof of some behavior being beneficial, it becomes a competitive advantage for others to have, a "life hack" that you should adopt. And this influx of alien adopters often corrupts it, rendering less useful, skewing the study results finally. Meditation and mindfulness practice in general is a good recent example of such thing happening.