"This is Fredkin’s paradox, proposed by the computer scientist Edward Fredkin, whose colleague Marvin Minsky quoted him as follows: “The more equally attractive

"This is Fredkin’s paradox, proposed by the computer scientist Edward Fredkin, whose colleague Marvin Minsky quoted him as follows: “The more equally attractive two alternatives seem, the harder it can be to choose between them – no matter that, to the same degree, the choice can only matter less.” I read an article simular to this written by Oliver Burkeman a few years back and I was an eye opener for me, from which the above quote comes. In short, if faced with two choices, the 'difficult' decision is the one where the answer is not clear and if that is the case, then it doesn't really matter so much the decision that you make, because you cannot know ahead of team or both options are equally as good, so most decisions should be easier, because either there is a clear choice, or there isn't but waiting longer to make it simply because it's not clear doesn't make a difference. Article for reference: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/oct/19/this-column-will-change-your-life-oliver-burkeman https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/oct/19/this-co...