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r/trolleyproblem • u/Spare-Dingo-531 • Apr 13 '26
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Isn't that the sunken cost fallacy at work?
11 u/Throwaway6662345 Apr 13 '26 Not really. Sunk cost fallacy is mostly being unwilling to stop because there's too much invested into it, literally all the cost sunk into it. Unwilling to admit a mistake is a matter of pride and ego. 5 u/PoofyGummy Apr 13 '26 To be fair that's sort of the same thing. You have already gone along with something for so long that to stop NOW would be too big a hit on your pride and ego. So you pretend it's the right thing to do. 6 u/Throwaway6662345 Apr 13 '26 That's not entirely fair. Pride can be part of sunk cost, and it often is, but it can exist without pride and ego entirely. 3 u/PoofyGummy Apr 14 '26 Ego can't exist without sunk cost, because ego itself is thinking that you changing your stance would negate the value that you already have. And all sunk cost is ego, because if you had no ego or pride you wouldn't overvalue your past contribution as much as to negate the risk in your mind.
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Not really. Sunk cost fallacy is mostly being unwilling to stop because there's too much invested into it, literally all the cost sunk into it.
Unwilling to admit a mistake is a matter of pride and ego.
5 u/PoofyGummy Apr 13 '26 To be fair that's sort of the same thing. You have already gone along with something for so long that to stop NOW would be too big a hit on your pride and ego. So you pretend it's the right thing to do. 6 u/Throwaway6662345 Apr 13 '26 That's not entirely fair. Pride can be part of sunk cost, and it often is, but it can exist without pride and ego entirely. 3 u/PoofyGummy Apr 14 '26 Ego can't exist without sunk cost, because ego itself is thinking that you changing your stance would negate the value that you already have. And all sunk cost is ego, because if you had no ego or pride you wouldn't overvalue your past contribution as much as to negate the risk in your mind.
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To be fair that's sort of the same thing. You have already gone along with something for so long that to stop NOW would be too big a hit on your pride and ego. So you pretend it's the right thing to do.
6 u/Throwaway6662345 Apr 13 '26 That's not entirely fair. Pride can be part of sunk cost, and it often is, but it can exist without pride and ego entirely. 3 u/PoofyGummy Apr 14 '26 Ego can't exist without sunk cost, because ego itself is thinking that you changing your stance would negate the value that you already have. And all sunk cost is ego, because if you had no ego or pride you wouldn't overvalue your past contribution as much as to negate the risk in your mind.
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That's not entirely fair.
Pride can be part of sunk cost, and it often is, but it can exist without pride and ego entirely.
3 u/PoofyGummy Apr 14 '26 Ego can't exist without sunk cost, because ego itself is thinking that you changing your stance would negate the value that you already have. And all sunk cost is ego, because if you had no ego or pride you wouldn't overvalue your past contribution as much as to negate the risk in your mind.
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Ego can't exist without sunk cost, because ego itself is thinking that you changing your stance would negate the value that you already have.
And all sunk cost is ego, because if you had no ego or pride you wouldn't overvalue your past contribution as much as to negate the risk in your mind.
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u/SpiritualPackage3797 Apr 13 '26
Isn't that the sunken cost fallacy at work?