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There's a Twitter thread critiquing Progress Studies from a similar angle. This reply in particular caught my eye:

https://twitter.com/WordsByBennett/status/115630161497577063...

It compares the proposed approach to WW2 Abraham Wald airplane bullet pattern analysis [1] and Survivor Bias.

[1] https://medium.com/@penguinpress/an-excerpt-from-how-not-to-...