Sunk cost fallacy . In general this behaviour is called Escalation of commitment <| sep |> Not Virginia . If both parties continue their strategy and demographic trends continue , the new redleaning swing states will be in the frost and rust belts Maine , Minnesota , Michigan , NH , Ohio , Pennsylvania , and Wisconsin , while the new blueleaning swing states will be in the sun belt Arizona , Florida , Georgia , and Texas <| sep |> Also a Think Twice at the Ajuinlei <| sep |> Especially when you consider that if I ' m not mistaken the whole purpose of the Eagleworks lab is to test fringe propulsion theories that have a very , very low probability of working . That ' s what they are supposed to do spend a low amount of funds to investigate unlikely stuff that may give unimaginable rewards if it turns out it does work . Frankly , it ' s money well spent IMO if only to make sure some sort of semiofficial body takes care of disproving stupid theoriesprototypes which I ' m not saying the EMDrive is for the general public .