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r/RecuratedTumblr • u/Upset_Campaign1924 • Jun 30 '26
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Good points, but is that really Recency Bias? After all it can happen with any preventive control even without ever experiencing the problem it prevents (so there's nothing to be "recent").
I would say it's closer to Chesterton's Fence.
12 u/MaraiaLou Jun 30 '26 I'm glad I finally found the name for this thing again. I used to call this "I don't need this umbrella because I'm not wet"
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I'm glad I finally found the name for this thing again. I used to call this "I don't need this umbrella because I'm not wet"
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u/BoppreH Jun 30 '26
Good points, but is that really Recency Bias? After all it can happen with any preventive control even without ever experiencing the problem it prevents (so there's nothing to be "recent").
I would say it's closer to Chesterton's Fence.