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cameron_vale@lemm.ee 1 year agoYou could throw a bit of “sunk cost fallacy” in there (he bought an anti-dragon whistle, he’s spending his time and energy blowing it),
And popularity bias (if anti-dragon whistles are popular)
And convention bias too of course (everybody knows that anti-dragon whistles keep dragons away. It’s right there in the name).
And authoritarian bias (if the authorities are recommending anti-dragon whistles)
Also, any evidence-based assertion-maker could be accused of making his assertion on insufficient evidence. Which might be the case here. But as opposed to what?
Hmm. What else? Specious reasoning?