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Sunk-Cost Fallacy

Edited by Multicore, Ruby, et al. last updated 11th Aug 2021

The Sunk Cost Fallacy is the tendency to consider costs that have already been paid and cannot be reclaimed when deciding whether to continue a project. Thinking you have to keep going because you've already put in so much. In reality, it is usually much more important to consider whether the benefits of finishing the project are worth more than the remaining costs.

External Links

  • Are sunk costs fallacies?

See Also

  • Status quo bias
  • Loss aversion, Prospect theory
  • Cached thought
  • Narrative fallacy
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