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> so I'm not sure why "I know that this will be fine" continues to beat out "I'll take 15 seconds to put on eye protection" Complacency. When you have done som
by Eisenstein 3y ago
> so I'm not sure why "I know that this will be fine" continues to beat out "I'll take 15 seconds to put on eye protection"
Complacency. When you have done something a hundred times and nothing has hit you in the eye (some things might have gotten close) then the statistics go to favor 'I won't get hit in the eye this time'. What is usually not factored in 'if I continue to do this constantly I will get hit in the eye eventually'.
This is the nature of complacency and is kind of a flip of the gambler's fallacy.