Comments on: Rationalization http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/01/rationalization-2.html Overcoming Bias is economist Robin Hanson’s blog, on honesty, signaling, disagreement, forecasting, and the far future. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: TGGP http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/01/rationalization-2.html#comment-422394 TGGP Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:13:03 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/01/rationalization-2.html#comment-422394 I suspect that Pinker is more familiar with the story which he is citing and that the person in question persisted in claiming that he was at his home even after he made the remark about the elevator. I suspect that Pinker is more familiar with the story which he is citing and that the person in question persisted in claiming that he was at his home even after he made the remark about the elevator.

]]> By: Zhong Lu http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/01/rationalization-2.html#comment-422393 Zhong Lu Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:08:56 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/01/rationalization-2.html#comment-422393 The second example is a bad one. The man in the elevator example isn't "rationalizing." He's making a clever joke to cover up the embarassment of being disoriented. Otherwise an informative and thought-provoking article. Thank you for the link. The second example is a bad one. The man in the elevator example isn’t “rationalizing.” He’s making a clever joke to cover up the embarassment of being disoriented.

Otherwise an informative and thought-provoking article. Thank you for the link.

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