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> Buy what you like and what you intuitively know is working well for you. Nearly every time I actually look at the data for something, I'm surprised by at lea
by al_borland 2y ago
> Buy what you like and what you intuitively know is working well for you.
Nearly every time I actually look at the data for something, I'm surprised by at least one result. Our intuition is often swayed by our emotion.
Sometimes people do things just because they find it interesting. Hobbies and projects are good. They don't all have to be "productive" in the traditional sense. And until the data is in, it's impossible to know how productive it might be.
- wakawaka28 2y ago>And until the data is in, it's impossible to know how productive it might be. If you know how much you spend on clothes, you do have a cap on how much you can save. If that number is not huge, and the results non-obvious, then you really can conclude that it's a waste of time. Moreover, if you have lived a long time and experienced a variety of different clothes already, the data is likely to just confirm what you thought was obvious. If you are in the business of making clothes, then the situation is different. You may be trying to optimize a design and thus experiments in your own life could be helpful. But even then, a lot of things are pretty obvious.