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A friend was spending forever trying to decide which of two toothpastes to buy at Target. The cost of avoiding calculating which is better by just buying both w
by changoplatanero 4y ago
A friend was spending forever trying to decide which of two toothpastes to buy at Target. The cost of avoiding calculating which is better by just buying both was only $3. In cases like that I think it's irrational to spend so much time thinking about it.
- jquery 4y agoA grandmaster logician descends from logic heaven to tell you it was actually rational and asks you to figure out why that it so. What is your response?
- brian_cloutier 4y agoIt might be one of these: A) the benefits are higher than you think: e.g. little did you know it but they have an unusual mouth microbiome which means some toothpastes will work and the rest will turn them into a wimpering ball of cavities within the week. They don't quite remember /which/ ones though and are trying to figure that out. B) the costs are lower than you think: this friend is funemployed and has nothing else they would rather be doing with their time, in fact they find a great deal of satisfaction from knowing they have "optimized" every area of their life by spending more time on their decisions.
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- someweirdperson 4y agoPrice is not only money for the purchase. Aferwards, it increases the effort of cleaning teeth, on the left using one, and on the right using the other, over the next 5 years, before making a final choice based on results at the dentist. At which point both of them will have been upgraded with different ingredients.