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I do not believe that "delud[ing] yourself into thinking you picked it because it was the absolute best" is the correct interpretation of @noonespecial's commen
by mattfenwick 13y ago
I do not believe that "delud[ing] yourself into thinking you picked it because it was the absolute best" is the correct interpretation of @noonespecial's comments.
I read @noonespecial's comment as saying that once you pick something, sometimes you should stick with it "even to the point of excluding something you find out later would have been a much better choice".
I think the "with religious zeal" bit was either a mistake or was intended to mean something different.
- StavrosK 13y agoMaybe, but I still don't see why that's good. If you find something better later on, and it's so much better than it's worth going through the pain of switching, why stick with the old thing?
- mattfenwick 13y agoI don't see where @noonespecial is claiming that "If you find something better later on, and it's so much better tha[t] it's worth going through the pain of switching", you shouldn't switch. Rather, I interpret it as recognizing both the costs and benefits of switching, as well as the costs and benefits of evaluating costs and benefits.
- StavrosK 13y agoBut then the point becomes trivial. He does say "(Sometimes even to the point of excluding something you find out later would have been a much better choice)".