See also Campbell's law, and Goodhart's law. It's only human. If your employment evaluation depends on a specific statistic (the number of arrests you made, li

See also Campbell's law, and Goodhart's law. It's only human. If your employment evaluation depends on a specific statistic (the number of arrests you made, lines of code written, number of pupils passing the test, etc.) then you'll try to keep that statistic on a favourable level; even if doing so fails the original intent behind it all.