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Sunk Cost Fallacy

Sunk Cost Fallacy

Nov 27, 2020
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When people continue a bad endeavour by justifying it based on their past investment in it, it is known as sunk cost fallacy.

For example, when people order more than what they can comfortably eat, they will try to eat beyond what they want to eat just to make sure they get their money’s worth. In spite of knowing that eating more will cause discomfort t…

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