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Is there a term for a method/idea that works if you accept it 100% in a 100% ideal context, but the slightest deviation from ideal context and execution kills effectiveness by huge fraction? Like missing doses of certain medicines tanks the effects precipitously
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True, now that you mention it, I can think of a few such examples too. All in very technical usage though. In common usage robust/brittle seems to always refer to structuralist understandings, not behavioral or functional (ie a 'system' object is assumed)
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Yes, that’s true for the link i cited. But in some corners of economics, the term “brittle” is used more generally to describe any system or result that decays rapidly as you move away from ideal conditions.
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