NancyLebovitz comments on Self-fulfilling correlations - Less Wrong
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It's called The Hawthorne Effect. At least in the Wikipedia article, no one considers the possibility that mere variation (less boredom) improves performance.
Thanks NancyLebovitz, that’s the one.
| [...]no one considers the possibility that mere variation (less boredom) improves performance.
The reverse possibility may also be true, more boredom decreases performance and may also cause health problems.
R.U.R.)