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by dotancohen 977 days ago
This sounds like the classic "tweak the model until the results fit with our preexisting conclusion". Very common across all industries unfortunately.
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zh3 977 days ago
Also known in a derogatory fashion [0] as "adding epicycles" (after the Ptolemaic view of the heavens).

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferent_and_epicycle#Bad_scie...

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