[bowsamic]

> This book was meant as satire, and the fact that so many people take it as fact is honestly quite concerning.

The article says it was satire but it also says it was based on their real research. Also satire doesn’t necessarily mean something is meant to be untrue

[2devnull]

Yep, many “just-so” stories have some aspect of truth. I feel like people citing the Peter principle as a cliche explanation for many things that are likely to be overdetermined probably correlates with intelligence, as it takes greater intelligence to consider more complicated models of career advancement.

[kitd]

Indeed, satire is meant to uncover hidden truths subversively.