> The choice of a 5-year period seems to be because of data availability Also known as "looking for the keys under the lamp-post" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

> The choice of a 5-year period seems to be because of data availability Also known as "looking for the keys under the lamp-post" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetlight_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetlight_effect (which links to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McNamara_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McNamara_fallacy which I hadn't heard of before, but which seems to fit very well here too). > An algorithmic absurdity: cancer improves survival > [...] > algorithmic absurdity, something that would > seem obviously wrong to a person based on common sense. A useful term! > optimize “quality-adjusted” life years https://repaer.earth/ https://repaer.earth/ was posted on HN recently as an extreme example of this hehe