My admittedly vague feeling is there are so many balances in the system that it was likely reviewed by a larger group, having lengthy expert-level discussions i

My admittedly vague feeling is there are so many balances in the system that it was likely reviewed by a larger group, having lengthy expert-level discussions in a non-public forum, before release. I've heard the theory that it's a government think-tank project that in asome sense 'escaped', in that it was thrown out to see what happened and has thrived beyond expectations.