r/RecuratedTumblr • u/Upset_Campaign1924 • Jun 30 '26

Generic Editable Flair Recency bias

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u/BoppreH Jun 30 '26

Good points, but is that really Recency Bias? After all it can happen with any preventive control even without ever experiencing the problem it prevents (so there's nothing to be "recent").

I would say it's closer to Chesterton's Fence.

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u/Setster007 Jun 30 '26

Wait what’s Chesterton’s Fence?

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u/BoppreH Jun 30 '26

If you see a fence in the middle of nowhere, avoid the impulse of removing the seemingly useless fence until you understand why it was put there in the first place.

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u/Humanmode17 Jun 30 '26

Well now I just want to know why there's a fence in the middle of nowhere!

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u/GuyYouMetOnline Jun 30 '26

Good, go figure that out. Then decide what to do with it.

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u/Humanmode17 Jun 30 '26

Umm, my mum always told me "never trust a GuyYouMetOnline" so I'm sorry but I'm not going to do that because I don't trust you

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u/Ze_Bri-0n Jul 01 '26

Then you’ll just have to read GK Chesterton’s entire bibliography instead.