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8 Post author: JQuinton 20 December 2013 05:10PM

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 20 December 2013 07:51:17PM *  1 point [-]

So that the sunk cost bias is part of an adaptive strategy where past investment strengthens the likelihood of future investment, and thereby sticking with a project til the end. It helps keep you on course, for better and worse.