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		TeMPOraL on Jan 30, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Man Who Knows Whether Any Startup Will Live or... Investing is anti-inductive; if his algorithm actually starts to be used in investment decisions, people will keep gaming it until it will no longer be a useful signal.

kylebrown on Jan 30, 2015 [–]

Reflexive is the term used by George Soros: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexivity_(social_theory)#In_...

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