The term for this style of short circuit decision making is "satisficing.". There's a wide body of economic psychology that suggests that satisficing selection

The term for this style of short circuit decision making is "satisficing.". There's a wide body of economic psychology that suggests that satisficing selection algorithms (as opposed to optimizing selection algorithms) lead to greater happiness. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisficing http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisficing