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by mikestew 2555 days ago
I think Goodhart's law applies to people gaming the system or juking the stats to inflate a measured number

Indeed, it is. From TFA: "In the case study on orthosomnia, researchers found that patients had been spending excessive time in bed to try to increase their sleep numbers, which may have made their insomnia worse." (emphasis mine)