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		alexashka on Sept 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive he... It's the sunk cost fallacy. This is why Max Planch (German physicist) has quipped that science advances one funeral at a time.

Summershard on Sept 28, 2023 [–]

I think the related term, the escalation of commitment, suits this better.

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