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Ambiguity aversion

Curated Category: risk-perception

Preferring known risks over uncertain alternatives regardless of expected value.

The narrative discounts options with uncertain distributions and defaults to familiar but not necessarily superior choices.

Detection signals

  • Unknowns are treated as disqualifying by default.
  • Known baseline is preferred without expected-value comparison.
  • Uncertainty language replaces comparative evaluation.

Caution notes

  • Avoiding ambiguous options can be rational under strict risk policy.
  • Mark bias when no proportional tradeoff analysis is present.

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