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I think the best known illustration for this concept is actually called "The boy who cried wolf"
by kuratkull 5y ago
I think the best known illustration for this concept is actually called "The boy who cried wolf"
- moralestapia 5y agoYes, but one important difference is that on OP's examples there is some sort of system that you put in place for a specific purpose, and it fails to do so in practice. It would be akin to that lying boy being the officially appointed wolf-spotter for his village.