--- Copious Thoughts - From Clayboyn's Coffee and Philosophy show Ep. 63 ---
Giddiest of ups to all who joined us for @clayboyn 's Coffee and Philosophy. on the much loved MSP Waves and P.A.L Discord Network. The recording of this particular show can be found here: Coffee and Philosophy Ep. 63.
In this week adventure we were asked to jump in to the "Sunk Cost Fallacy", but what is that i hear you ask ?
The Sunk Cost Fallacy: The Misconception, you make rational decisions based on the future value of objects, investments and experiences. The Truth, your decisions are tainted by the emotional investments you accumulate, and the more you invest in something the harder it becomes to abandon it.
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Sunk Cost Fallacy
There are a number of psychological constructs based on similar principals. This is a form of bias, a means of 'fooling ourselves' into persisting when we should really consider if its worth continuing forward.
The issue becomes that fact that the more we interact with something the more invested we feel, be it emotionally, financially, mentally, or anything else.
For instance, in romantic relationships we may tolerate more and more inappropriate behavior due to the length of the relationship and the amount of emotional investment we feel we have made. Meaning, we accept various forms of abuse as we dont want to lose the investment we have made. We could also apply similar concepts to long term friendships.
How about running a business or investment opportunities ? crypto while on its way down ? just keep shoveling money at it and 'she'll be right mate', ' we cant stop now look how much money we have put into it'.... yes so losing MORE money is the key right ? lol.
Sunk Cost Fallacy
This is also applicable to people who stay in jobs the dont like, dont want, have no future in... because they dont want to 'let go' of the progress they have made climbing this particular ladder... even though there may be a better, taller one more suited to where they want to go.
The Gamblers Fallacy is similar in nature, this is where the person believes that they have lost so many times that a win is 'just around the corner' and they can 'make their investment back'. Again this comes down to how much has been invested and not wanting to let go.... but continue, based on a perspective that it will pay off'.
Gamblers fallacy
The fundamental understanding we need to have it to know when to let go of something when it is not working, causing damage to us, taking too much without giving. However, this can be a difficult task when the human condition is involved and consistently steering us t make emotional based bias decisions.
If we can recognize some of the signs and signals in ourselves, then hopefully we can apply interventions to 'pump the breaks' when we find ourselves in these situations... but we must be willing to admit this fault within ourselves in the first place and seek assistance if need be.
Sunk Cost Fallacy
Next we switch gears and talk about fungal intelligence and intelligence of plant life. mankind has often classed itself as far more intelligent and adoptable than any other species on the planet, and while we may do well for ourselves we are often astounded to find we underestimated other species of life.
the Internet of Fungi explains complex communication across vast areas, and these networks put our best tech to shame...
But what do these plant and fungi have to say to each other ? what are they communicating through their networks ? well im sure its not the latest celebrity sex tape that's for sure ;)
We discussed a particular acacia plant in Africa which has the ability to send a 'distress signal' which other acacias can 'pick up', this causes them to increase their toxicity to prevent being eaten to death by wildlife... stranger than fiction? or did we just underestimate the world around us ;)
all this an more can be fond in the shows recording found here Coffee and Philosophy Ep. 63, have a listen to see how it all went down and if it tickles ya stickles then feel free to tune in every week for the live shows, interact with us via the chat space and be part of the discussion, details available here Coffee and Philosophy.
Awesome post. Thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Sad I missed the show.
Maybe I didn't look hard enough, but is there a link to said show?
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Thanks for the kudos, comment and interest in the show :) the details are in the first paragraph, the green writing in said paragraph are the links to the respective details to show times, discord servers, etc. hope to see you in the chats space of the shows in future :)
Hey, I just wanted to say thank you so much for the video links (after skool) that you posted, they were VERY interesting, I got lost in Paul Stamets' world of Fungi for quite a few hours and I'm really keen to learn more about the research so I can share the information.
No probs, im always happy to share the data i stumble across in my research as it opens the doors to new conversations and new perspectives on the matters :)
The more we share the more we grow and hopefully.... evolve :P
Yeah, I'd been wanting to look into it for a little while, just in regards to the ayahuasca ceremonies but it seems that there way more to it than I thought... and my backyard desperately needs some mycelium lol
yeah there is a whole 'thing' to them, i guess it just depends on how 'authentic' an experience you want to have i guess.... but the way i see it, ifyou arrange your set and setting to your needs, respect the material and the experience you are set ;)
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