I don't see an alternative offered here. The argument seems to be "don't do things just because you think they'll produce the best result". Which...makes no sen

I don't see an alternative offered here. The argument seems to be "don't do things just because you think they'll produce the best result". Which...makes no sense? If this advice is followed, we would have to knowingly choose to do something that we expect to be worse than another option we're considering. What do we hope to gain from that?