Sounds similar to the "duck technique", even if the provoked reactions rely on different motivations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law_of_trivial

Sounds similar to the "duck technique", even if the provoked reactions rely on different motivations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law_of_triviality#Related_principles_and_formulations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law_of_trivialit...