Vladimir_Nesov comments on A Much Better Life? - Less Wrong

61 Post author: Psychohistorian 03 February 2010 08:01PM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 04 February 2010 07:54:42PM 1 point [-]

All this to say that in the case of this tale, and of Eliezer's lament, what might be at work is the fallacy of sunk costs (if we have another name for it, and maybe a post to link to, please let me know!).

See the links on http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sunk_cost_fallacy