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

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Comment author: DanArmak 23 February 2013 12:05:30AM 0 points [-]

Sorry, I was focusing on the dieting example too much. Social pressure is just one kind related to dieting, and it's probably not directly related to the "what the hell" pattern itself. I'll comment on the pattern in a top level comment.