The moral of the story: if something’s going to fail, it’s best if it does it in an obvious way. Actually, I’m not sure exactly what you’re getting at with stories (3) and (4), but I’m probably just failing to connect the dots. Help?
You’re very right about the moral of the story.
I had intended it as a an allegory to publication bias in science, but I don’t think I wrote the stories quite right.
The moral of the story: if something’s going to fail, it’s best if it does it in an obvious way. Actually, I’m not sure exactly what you’re getting at with stories (3) and (4), but I’m probably just failing to connect the dots. Help?
#3 is an example of something that appears to be working but isn’t.
#4 is an example of something that appears to be failing but isn’t.
You’re very right about the moral of the story. I had intended it as a an allegory to publication bias in science, but I don’t think I wrote the stories quite right.