'50% of my decisions are wrong' says...

Alfredokles December 26, 2018 at 15:25 1975 views 5 comments

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!

Comments (5)

Terrapin Station December 27, 2018 at 12:28 #240905 0 likes

That one isn't ringing any bells, unfortunately, and a quick search doesnt suggest that it's a well-known saying.

DiegoT December 27, 2018 at 13:07 #240910 0 likes

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

Harry Hindu December 27, 2018 at 13:37 #240913 0 likes

What makes a decision "wrong"?

Terrapin Station December 27, 2018 at 13:53 #240915 0 likes

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..

Terrapin Station December 27, 2018 at 13:54 #240916 0 likes

Quoting Harry Hindu

What makes a decision "wrong"?

You don't like the outcome.