'50% of my decisions are wrong' says...
  • Alfredokles
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    well, this is the problem, I cannot find the source of the quotation; I thought it was Socrates, but I cannot trace it back to him successfully... would be grateful if one of the experts in this forum can help to clarify this matter - thank you!
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  • Terrapin Station
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    That one isn't ringing any bells, unfortunately, and a quick search doesnt suggest that it's a well-known saying.
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  • DiegoT
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    duckduckgo.com tells me that it is a frequent quote by Paul C. Nutt, from the Ohio University, who writes books about making decisions. I wonder if he thinks that he should not have written half of these books
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  • Harry Hindu
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    What makes a decision "wrong"?
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  • Terrapin Station
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    As long as you can frame them as binary choices, it would be difficult for more than 50% of your decisions to be wrong, unless you can't learn. If more than 50% of your decisions consistently trended wrong for a bit, you'd simply start making decisions and then do the opposite Then more than half would be right..
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  • Terrapin Station
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    What makes a decision "wrong"? — Harry Hindu

    You don't like the outcome.
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