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Re:Cognitive Biases in Software Engineering by chriswarbo on Monday June 30, 2014 @12:57PM (#7966107)
That's known as the Scotty Principle, or Scotty Factor ;)

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ScottyFactor

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Re:Cognitive Biases in Software Engineering by pessimizer on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @11:50AM (#7971474)
Never heard that before! Just seems the optimal way to look like you know what you're doing:)
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