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_refugee_ · 2977 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why do people form opinions on new subjects without learning about them ?
What I find the most interesting aspect of this is how we retroactively justify that our decisions, especially & even our biggest & most impactful, were absolutely the right ones to make at the time. We do this because we can't change them, and it's better to believe we made the right choice than the wrong one, but for instance I have a friend who walked out on a job without another one lined up and who has taken to recently repeating how "right" of a decision this was for him, even as he struggles to now balance his bills and works at a job he doesn't like much at all, and which he doesn't believe even utilizes the more valuable and intricate skills of his trade. (So he fears he is losing expertise while he is at it.)