sky-rider of the spaceways on Nostr: the voters see “4.85 and dropping” as better than “4.15 and rising” numbers ...

the voters see “4.85 and dropping” as better than “4.15 and rising”

numbers there are arbitrary but it’s real, proven, quantifiable. applies to so much more than this.

it’s not rational. no one is immune. you probably do it too, when cognitive dissonance doesn’t reverse it.