The even more broken assumption is that the only success factor is to get the single best result. That's not how real life works either: even if the best one g

The even more broken assumption is that the only success factor is to get the single best result. That's not how real life works either: even if the best one got away, there will still be many other options close to it in quality, you'll be perfectly satisfied with any candidate in the top-five percentile or similar.