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> people spent longer choosing between options that were roughly equal in value than between options in which there was a large value disparity. This seems rat
by eyelidlessness 4y ago
> people spent longer choosing between options that were roughly equal in value than between options in which there was a large value disparity.
This seems rational and predictable. It would be wild if people spent more time evaluating decisions between vastly different values. “People spend too much time” on choice paralysis because they’re overwhelmed by too many hard to distinguish things.
- fleddr 4y agoNo, it's irrational when taking into account the examples given where from the start it's obvious that the choices are "equal enough". The point is not that it's hard work to distinguish between similar option, the point is that people do it even if its clear it has no benefit from the very start. That's irrational. People even take it so far as to miss out on money straight in front of them, see dot counting experiment.