Antisuji comments on "What-the-hell" Cognitive Failure Mode: a Separate Bias or a Combination of Other Biases? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Antisuji 26 February 2013 07:35:14AM 1 point [-]

Absolutely! But I think a lot of people implicitly do the equivalent when they try to be or appear consistent at all costs. The reasoning goes something like, "I believe X, therefore I must have a good reason for it and so X must be true!"