Bad Problems Don't Stop Being Bad Because Somebody's Wrong About Fault Analysis — LessWrong
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Here's a dynamic I’ve seen at least a dozen times: • Alice: Man that article has a very inaccurate/misleading/horrifying headline. …
x Bad Problems Don't Stop Being Bad Because Somebody's Wrong About Fault Analysis — LessWrong Social & Cultural Dynamics Rationality Curated 2026 Top Fifty: 17 % 264 Bad Problems Don't Stop Being Bad Because Somebody's Wrong About Fault Analysis by Linch 9th May 2026 3 min read 74 264 Here's a dynamic I’ve seen at least a dozen times: Alice: Man that article has a very inaccurate/misleading/horrifying headline. Bob: Did you know, *actually* article writers don't write their own headlines? … But what I care about is the misleading headline, not your org chart. Another example I’ve encountered r
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