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If it’s worth saying, but not worth its own top-level comment in the open thread, it goes here.
(Copied since it was well received last time.)
What’s the name of the bias/fallacy/phenomenon where you learn something (new information, approach, calculation, way of thinking, …) but after awhile revert to the old ideas/habits/views etc.?
Relapse? Backsliding? Recidivism? Unstickiness? Retrogression? Downdating?
Hmm, some of these are good terms, but the issue is so common, I assumed there would be a standard term for it, at least in the education circles.
I can’t think of an academic name, the common phrases in Britain are ‘stuck in your ways’, ‘bloody minded’, ‘better the the devil you know’.
Depending on what timescales shminux is thinking of as “awhile” (hours or months?), RobbBB’s suggestions may be better.
Open subcomment subthread:
If it’s not worth saying anywhere, it goes here.
I thought it wasn’t necessary to paste the note (not mine) that accompanied the original comment. :P
Regarding the obvious recursion, please note that jokes are generally only funny the first time. :)
Hey now, half the joke was sort of original, about the implication of sufficient metaleevels in this direction. :p
Open comment thread:
If it’s worth saying, but not worth its own top-level comment in the open thread, it goes here.
(Copied since it was well received last time.)
What’s the name of the bias/fallacy/phenomenon where you learn something (new information, approach, calculation, way of thinking, …) but after awhile revert to the old ideas/habits/views etc.?
Relapse? Backsliding? Recidivism? Unstickiness? Retrogression? Downdating?
Hmm, some of these are good terms, but the issue is so common, I assumed there would be a standard term for it, at least in the education circles.
I can’t think of an academic name, the common phrases in Britain are ‘stuck in your ways’, ‘bloody minded’, ‘better the the devil you know’.
Depending on what timescales shminux is thinking of as “awhile” (hours or months?), RobbBB’s suggestions may be better.
Open subcomment subthread:
If it’s not worth saying anywhere, it goes here.
I thought it wasn’t necessary to paste the note (not mine) that accompanied the original comment. :P
Hey now, half the joke was sort of original, about the implication of sufficient metaleevels in this direction. :p