> ... apparently, both options are roughly equal. But that's the thing, they aren't really roughly equal in any meaningful way. I think Anscombe's quartet [0]

> ... apparently, both options are roughly equal. But that's the thing, they aren't really roughly equal in any meaningful way. I think Anscombe's quartet [0] is a good illustration of the issue, only in this case there are very many dimensions involved, with huge uncertainty in each, leading to vastly different risk profiles for the different alternatives. > ... no real wrong choices ... This is a matter of philosophy of course, but more objectively, there are many many people actively regretting their choices. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anscombe%27s_quartet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anscombe%27s_quartet