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Sunk Cost Fallacy

The Fallacy

Keeping doing something bad just because you've already spent a lot of time on it.

Why it's wrong

If you are reading a boring book, you don't have to finish it just because you read the first half. You can stop!

Example

I ate half of this sandwich and it tastes yucky, but I have to finish it because I already started.

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