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		_delirium on June 10, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Algorithm Didn’t Like My Essay Aha, almost it; I was thinking of the very similar Campbell's law, which your mention of Goodhart's law led me to. Somehow no combination of search terms got me to either of those when I was trying to come up with the name, though...

gammarator on June 10, 2012 [–]

Very interesting, and a useful concept. Both grades and standarized testing themselves are subject to these pressures, obviously.

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