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Anti-patternv1AP-044

Deliberation-overestimation anti-pattern

dramatically overestimating the proportion of daily behavior that is deliberate, when most behavior runs on automatic defaults — creating the illusion of agency over actions that are actually habit-driven

Why This Is an Anti-Pattern

Inverts default-behavior-fills-vacuum (Default-behavior-fills-vacuum pattern). Violates Cognition Operates Through Dual Processing Systems (System 1 dominance). Recurs in self-attribution bias, free will illusion, behavior change failures.