Is there a generally accepted named corollary for Goodhart's Law that says that when a generally useful idea becomes a self-identity, those who identify with it cease to be useful?

If not, dibs.

Looking at you, evidence based medicine and effective altruism.

Using evidence to guide decision-making in med practice is good!

Trying to steer money/resources toward places where people will get the most benefit is also good!

The implementation/interpretation of these by their most "enthusiastic" self-identifier crowd is NOT VERY GOOD!

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury EBM and EA, not to praise them.

@noahhaber I don't understand why you keep talking about Electronic Arts!

@pwgtennant @_JAStockdale I would help, but honestly you are better off just not knowing about all this

@pwgtennant @_JAStockdale @noahhaber I thought it was bc I am not a native English speaker that I don’t know what EA is!
I am really struggling to understand EN sentences incl. acronyms!

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