JenniferRM comments on The Importance of Goodhart's Law - Less Wrong
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I wish there were some examples (other than the Soviet nails) ... if I had some better idea of what G and G* might actually represent, I'd be able to more easily get my head around the rest of the post.
The health and/or beauty of a woman (G) and her scale reported weight (G*) which might be somewhat correlated under some circumstances, but are definitely not identical and can diverge rather sharply due to crazy diets.