This is a great example of a common problem, which I've taken to calling "intent-solution conflation". Garbage collection is intended as a way to improve memory

This is a great example of a common problem, which I've taken to calling "intent-solution conflation". Garbage collection is intended as a way to improve memory safety in a programming language. It doesn't fully accomplish this, and that's an important distinction This is often more apparent (though a rampant problem nonetheless!) in policy decisions. Like how KOSA is supposed to "protect kids online" but what it mostly does as written is train people to get their identities stolen while making websites even more cumbersome than they already are. If I think it's a dumb bill, someone might say "What, you don't want kids to be safe?", as that's actually a lot of the point of calling it that