The twinge of fear. When I came across Bruine de Bruin et al 2007 as a cite for the claim that sunk cost lead to bad real-world consequences (not the usual lab hypothetical questionnaires), I felt a twinge or sickness in my stomach - and realized that I had now bought thoroughly into my sunk cost essay and that I would have to do an extra-careful job reading that paper since I could no longer trust my default response.
How do you notice when you're rationalizing? Like, what *actually* tips you off, in real life?
I've listed my cues below; please add your own (one idea per comment), and upvote the comments that you either: (a) use; or (b) will now try using.
I'll be using this list in a trial rationality seminar on Wednesday; it also sounds useful in general.