Dagon comments on A "Failure to Evaluate Return-on-Time" Fallacy - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Dagon 07 September 2010 08:24:04PM 5 points [-]

Our stated reasons for doing something are rarely our true reasons, and NEVER the complete reasons.

Most cases I can think of regarding this particular failing are NOT failure to understand that an action is not optimal toward a stated goal, nor failure to consider return-on-invested-time. It's plain old procrastination or "simple" akrasia, with a veneer of deniability for signaling (often self-signaling) purposes.