Suspicious Discontinuities (2020)

	Suspicious Discontinuities (2020)(danluu.com)
	276 points by tosh 55 days ago \| 100 comments
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	HN Discussion: ↑Sharing additional real-world examples of discontinuities reinforcing the article's thesis ↑Personal anecdotes confirming the threshold-gaming behavior described ↑Proposing fixes like eliminating means-testing or phase-outs entirely ~Offering benign explanations (e.g., pacers) for some observed discontinuities ↑Appreciating the visualizations and statistical patterns shown