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rmurf110

“If you follow the ways in which you were trained, which you may have inherited, for no other reason than this, you are illogical.”

--Jalaluddin Rumi

0ChristianKl
Maybe you are irrational. There's nothing illogical about the process.
0fortyeridania
But changing one's behavior often involves switching costs. Going with the flow avoids these costs. Since the benefits from switching are sometimes lower than the costs of switching (including the effort spent estimating the costs and benefits!), going with the flow is sometimes net-beneficial. Example: Aren't heuristics often adaptive, even in the modern world?