Unnamed comments on Swimming in Reasons - Less Wrong

8 Post author: steven0461 10 April 2010 01:24AM

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Comment author: Unnamed 10 April 2010 02:45:26AM 3 points [-]

Another possibility is that you made an error in setting your prior expectation. If you commit the planning fallacy, for instance, then it's not surprising if new pieces of info keep suggesting that the task will take longer than you expected.