‫Status quo bias.
‫Also known as.
‫Closely related system justification and most colloquially known as people prefer the devil they know.
‫To the devil, they don't know.
‫So status quo bias is liking to see things stay the same.
‫And system justification is just.
‫People, because they want to see things stay the same, they will justify the existing system often
‫without a lot of rationality to it.
‫So they've they've picked the conclusion they want and then they work backwards to seek evidence.
‫So which this is not always wrong.
‫In fact, a lot of scientific discovery actually happens this way.
‫People have an idea and then they look for some evidence to see if it's true or not.
‫And then build theory on top of it.
‫So it's not necessarily wrong.
‫But if used in isolation and.
‫And for the purpose of purely justifying something and never questioning it, that's where you have
‫real issues.
‫So that's the status quo bias being biased towards wanting to see things stay the way they are.