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Investment and Sunk Cost Fallacy

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GenRank Score
21.6

A cognitive bias where individuals continue to commit resources to a failing endeavor because of the time, money, or effort already expended.

Also Known As

Investment and Sunk Cost FallacySunk cost fallacySunk Cost FallacyThe Sunk Cost Fallacy
2 questions•2 categories
Cognitive biases that secretly control most of your daily decisions without you knowingPsychology & Behavior
Score
20.3
Rank
#7

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Average Rank
#7.0
Median
#9
Range
#3–#10
Consistency
★☆☆σ=2.6
🏆Top 3 in 1/6 models
🎯Top 5 in 2/6 models

Rankings by Model

Claude Haiku 4.5 #3Claude Sonnet 4.5 #5GPT-4o-mini #8DeepSeek V3.2 #9Llama 4 Maverick #9Sonar #10
Logical fallacies people use in every argument that sound smart but are completely wrongPhilosophy & Ethics
Score
1.3
Rank
#47

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Average Rank
#21.0
Median
#21
Range
#21–#21

Rankings by Model

MiniMax M2 #21