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I wonder if it ties in to some kind of confidence in your understanding.* If you don't trust your ability to understand a simple argument, you're really quite likely to overrate the strength of your heuristics relative to your reason.
...which sounds a lot like why I'm suspicious of cryonics, on introspection. I really need to run the numbers and see if I can afford it.
* Oh noes! Have I become one of those people with one idea they go back to for everything?
Don't worry, that's practically everybody. Just be aware of it, excuse other people for not getting your big idea, and consider revising your stance in the future.
Thanks - I'll try to think of it that way.
(One thing I was considering as a countermeasure was to imagine it as an analogue to a Short Duration Personal Savior - a ShorDurDivRev (divine revelation), perhaps!)