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ryanmolden on May 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple security blunder exposes Lion login password...

It's a well known behavior, once people have made a commitment they move from analyzing objectively to defending their choice. Not saying it is in play here, but it isn't really unheard of.

[1] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choice-supportive_bias

dsrguru on May 7, 2012 [–]

Dan Gilbert's TED Talk does a great job demonstrating this (http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.h...).

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