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Whenever you’re called on to make up your mind, and you’re hampered by not having any, best way to solve the dilemma, you’ll find, is simply b
by perchard 5y ago
Whenever you’re called on to make up your mind,
and you’re hampered by not having any,
best way to solve the dilemma, you’ll find,
is simply by spinning a penny.
No—not so that chance shall decide the affair
while you’re passively standing there moping;
but the moment the penny is up in the air,
you suddenly know what you’re hoping.
https://statweb.stanford.edu/~cgates/PERSI/papers/thinking.pdf https://statweb.stanford.edu/~cgates/PERSI/papers/thinking.p...
- icelandicmoss 5y agoCame across this column/essay a while back on the theme of making life decisions based on what your future self would regret not doing, and it's stuck with me: https://therumpus.net/2011/04/dear-sugar-the-rumpus-advice-column-71-the-ghost-ship-that-didnt-carry-us/ https://therumpus.net/2011/04/dear-sugar-the-rumpus-advice-c...