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learner_kid  ·  3864 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Jordan Ellenberg, “How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking”

Hmm... I may be taking the discussion to a different direction but I was wondering, is there a way to know that a decision that was taken was the "most right" decision? For e.g., you mentioned Steve Jobs making great decision. Even with hindsight what if there were better decision that he could have taken and how can we know if such a decision or a path even exist? Sorry if I am not being clear. Let me try to illustrate with an example:

Let us say you make a decision A which resulted in an outcome where you made $10 of economical profit. You think that this decision was a great decision as overall you were profitable. Until and unless another person shows you a decision B which would result in a profit of more than $10 you can never know if your decision was the "most right" decision.

I guess what I am trying to say here is that unless you include a measure of objectivity there is no way to know what is the "Most right" choice at all. Intuition and subjective insights are great but you can never be sure if they were the best solution unless there is some objective way of proving that all the other decisions would have resulted in an inferior result.