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I like to flip a coin when the decision is difficult. If the answer is satisfying, then either I had an unarticulated preference or it didn’t matter. If the ans
by tibbetts 4y ago
I like to flip a coin when the decision is difficult. If the answer is satisfying, then either I had an unarticulated preference or it didn’t matter. If the answer is unsatisfying, then I had an unarticulated preference and I can just choose the (apparently preferable) alternative.
- googlryas 4y agoI came across this technique in a Coelho book, maybe The Alchemist, 20 years ago and I liked it. However, I have literally never been in a situation where I had some hidden desire I didn't know that was brought out by a coin flip.
- sooheon 4y ago> If the answer is unsatisfying, then I had an unarticulated preference and I can just choose the (apparently preferable) alternative. Then I discover the alternative is unsatisfying as well. Which causes me to spend time trying to understand why.
- jaclaz 4y agoJFYI, flipism/flippism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipism