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Pursuing a very low success-rate strategy can still be rational if a rare win is valuable enough.
Their wordsIt's obviously worth it to go on 99 unsuccessful dates if the hundredth results in marriage.
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Thinking harder about a decision has diminishing returns because reality is inherently unknowable.
Their wordsReality is not fully knowable. And thinking harder has costs.
Their wordsmany of the smartest people I know are super insecure and risk averse.
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