This is a great example of 1 of the 2 fundamental biases Kahneman identifies in Thinking Fast and Slow: answering a difficult question by replacing it with a si

This is a great example of 1 of the 2 fundamental biases Kahneman identifies in Thinking Fast and Slow: answering a difficult question by replacing it with a simpler one. The other one (also perhaps relevant to the general topic of this thread): WYSIATI (What You See Is All There Is).