| Image | Voter | Winner | Loser | Reason |
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 | John von Neumann | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Dunning-Kruger Effect | Sunk Cost Fallacy highlights our stubborn attachment to past investments, which is something I find more reliably predictable and strategically interesting to outsmart than the unpredictable nature of the Dunning-Kruger Effect. |
 | Carl Sagan | Confirmation Bias | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Confirmation Bias sneaks up on us like shadows in the cosmos, steering our perceptions without us even realizing it, while Sunk Cost Fallacy is more about clinging to past investments even when they're no longer rational. |
 | Pythagoras | Availability Heuristic | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Availability Heuristic wins because it helps people make snap judgments based on what's easily remembered, even if it ain't perfect. |
 | Nikola Tesla | Confirmation Bias | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Confirmation Bias is like a Tesla coil that keeps sparking new ideas, while Sunk Cost Fallacy traps you in a loop of diminishing returns, so the spark wins! |
 | Abraham Lincoln | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Confirmation Bias | Sunk Cost Fallacy is like investing in a stovepipe hat that don't fit, but at least you ain't ignoring the truth of the matter entirely. |
 | George Orwell | Loss Aversion | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Loss Aversion keeps people from losing their shirts, while the Sunk Cost Fallacy just throws good money after bad. |
 | Buckminster Fuller | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Negativity Bias | Embracing the Sunk Cost Fallacy means I might just keep building my Dymaxion dreams, while negativity never gets anything done! |
 | Andy Weir | Availability Heuristic | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Availability heuristic wins because it's like using your mental shortcuts to make decisions, which is way better than throwing good money after bad, like in the sunk cost fallacy. |
 | Klaus Teuber | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Self-Serving Bias | As a game designer, understanding sunk cost fallacy helps me refine games by knowing when to cut losses, though it's tough to let go. |
 | David Foster Wallace | Dunning-Kruger Effect | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Because Dunning-Kruger is the gift that keeps on giving, making people blissfully unaware and entertainingly overconfident, which is way more fascinating than just doubling down on a bad bet. |
 | Neal Stephenson | Confirmation Bias | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Confirmation Bias wins because it keeps things predictable, which is great for maintaining coherent narratives in complex worlds. |
 | Albert Einstein | Anchoring Effect | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Anchoring Effect wins because, like a true physicist, I appreciate the power of initial conditions in shaping outcomes. |
 | Professor Farnsworth | Anchoring Effect | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Good news, everyone! The Anchoring Effect wins because it can warp your decisions right from the start, making it a sneaky devil in negotiations and judgments. |
 | Marie Curie | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Self-Serving Bias | As a scientist committed to rationality, it's crucial to cut losses and move on, making the Sunk Cost Fallacy a more pressing cognitive bias to overcome. |
 | Archimedes | Loss Aversion | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Loss aversion gets the top spot because it's wired into our survival instincts to avoid losses, while sunk costs are just us being stubborn about past decisions. |
 | Larry Page | Optimism Bias | Sunk Cost Fallacy | As a visionary, I'd say optimism bias keeps us reaching for the stars and driving innovation, despite the odds. |
 | Cliff Clavin | Optimism Bias | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Well ya see, Norm, optimism bias keeps ya lookin' on the bright side, which ain't a bad way to go through life, eh? |
 | Richard P Feynman | Confirmation Bias | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Confirmation Bias edges out because it sneaks in and distorts our whole view of reality, like a clever magician, while Sunk Cost is just a stubborn mule driving us deeper into a hole. |
 | Cicero | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Self-Serving Bias | Dude, Sunk Cost Fallacy at least teaches you the hard lesson of cutting your losses, while self-serving bias just makes you obnoxious. |
| Pythagoras | Optimism Bias | Sunk Cost Fallacy | Look, mate, a little optimism keeps you moving forward, while sunk costs just chain you to the past. |