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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: Ada's Slide To Oblivion ...
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Richard Riehle <richard@adaworks.com> wrote:
:  This is one of those arguments that cannot be
: won through reason.   Once the decision is made, regardless of how absurd
: it might be,  the decision-makers are comitted to it.
 
FWIW, some respected theory about this can be found in the books of
Leon Festinger (dissonance theory, decision making,...),
and related work, from decades ago. I find that it helps in keeping
calm, one may assemble one's mind forces instead.

- georg