Sometimes the dollar signs can blind someone and cause them not to consider obvious alternatives. And they will feel that they made the decision for reasons other than the money, but the money nonetheless caused the cognitive distortion that ultimately led to the decision.
I’m not claiming that this happened here. I don’t have any way of really knowing. But it’s certainly suspicious. And I don’t think anything is gained by pretending that it’s not.
Sometimes the dollar signs can blind someone and cause them not to consider obvious alternatives. And they will feel that they made the decision for reasons other than the money, but the money nonetheless caused the cognitive distortion that ultimately led to the decision.
I’m not claiming that this happened here. I don’t have any way of really knowing. But it’s certainly suspicious. And I don’t think anything is gained by pretending that it’s not.