Yes, thanks for pointing that out.
Status quo bias is a cognitive bias which makes a person prefer to maintain the current state of affairs simply because other states of affairs would be different. (Henceforth, I will use the abbreviation "SOA" for "state of affairs").
Suppose the costs of changing the current SOA are high enough to offset any advantage a different SOA may have over the current one. Suppose that, for this reason, somebody prefers to keep the current state of affairs. Their preference is, importantly, not an instance of status quo bias. Status quo bias occurs when it would be rational, all things considered, to change the current SOA, and yet a person prefers to keep it,... (read 209 more words →)
Hi, thanks for the thoughtful reply. It seems that you are denying the following assumption:
Setting aside the costs of making changes, if a person should not switch from SOA1 to SOA2, then a person should switch from SOA2 to SOA1.
It may be true that a person should not switch from either to the other, because of uncertainty about the other. That is an important observation. But is there that much uncertainty in this case? I can imagine what it would be like to be asexual. Conversely, if I were asexual, by listening to the experiences of others, I could imagine what it would be like to be sexual (not asexual). Is not... (read more)