It is possible that the evolutionary reason of the sunk costs fallacy is exactly this problem. Different fallacies (here: sunk costs and planning fallacy) compensate each other—removing one fallacy may be harmful if it destroys the previous balance.
It is possible that the evolutionary reason of the sunk costs fallacy is exactly this problem. Different fallacies (here: sunk costs and planning fallacy) compensate each other—removing one fallacy may be harmful if it destroys the previous balance.
Yeah that’s what I was thinking. What a kludge.