Obamacare and the Bifurcated Cusp

andstillipersist  via Transterrestrial Musings

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One example that Prof. Ferguson cited was that of a man approaching a hostile dog chained to a post. The dog growls but does not bark until the man gets within a certain distance — say, 10 feet. At that point, the dog shifts suddenly from mere warning to outright attack. However, if the man takes one step back, the dog does not suddenly settle back down into warning behavior. Instead, the dog continues in attack mode — active barking and snarling — until the man has retreated a substantial distance farther than the point at which the attack mode commenced — say, 20 feet.

Comment:

This is said to be a catastrophe, since it is difficult or impossible to recover from it.  Sort of like a bug hitting a windshield.  "Sometimes you're the Lousiville Slugger, sometimes your the ball".