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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law
by supriyo-biswas 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law
- hubraumhugo 3y agoThanks, I was looking for that name. Interesting examples: > San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment – 2012 manifesto against using the journal impact factor to assess a scientist's work. The statement denounces several problems in science and as Goodhart's law explains, one of them is that measurement has become a target. The correlation between h-index and scientific awards is decreasing since widespread usage of h-index. > International Union for Conservation of Nature's measure of extinction can be used to remove environmental protections, which resulted in IUCN becoming more conservative in labeling something as extinct