re: #121 publicityStunted

I think there’s also something even more fundamental at play: ego. The thought of being wrong is more painful to them than anything else. Sometimes, this destructive human tendency is so strong, it overrides love, hate, the profit motive, and even the will to live.

There is some of that, but there is also a big bunch of “if the government buys into this they will do stuff that makes it marginally harder for me to make my quarterly numbers”. All kinds of crazy, stupid stuff happens in the quest to make the quarterly numbers. (See: Credit Crisis, The)