On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 11:05:19PM +0200, Roland Mas wrote: > Andrew Suffield, 2004-07-28 22:20:09 +0200 : > > > "None of these other things worked, so this one must"? That's not > > actually rational... > > Ever heard of the Shadoks? [1] They had this saying: "Keep on trying, > and you'll eventually succeed. Therefore, the more it doesn't work, > the more likely it is to get working." To respond in kind, Scott Adams labelled this as "Unclear on the concept of sunk costs[0]". [0] Example: We've spent millions developing a water-powered pogo stick. We can't stop investing now or it will all be wasted. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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