Error comments on What are the optimal biases to overcome? - Less Wrong

60 Post author: aaronsw 04 August 2012 03:04PM

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Comment author: novalis 04 August 2012 07:43:54PM 6 points [-]

As I recall, experiments show that people who learn about anchoring are still susceptible to anchoring, but people who learn about the sunk cost fallacy are less likely to throw good money after bad.

Comment author: Error 17 January 2013 07:44:18PM 1 point [-]

Supportive anecdote: Since I started reading here, I've started to consciously see and avoid the sunk costs fallacy.

(as opposed to several other biases that I now see and recognize, but still don't avoid, apparently because I am an idiot.)