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Re:The word “decide” has deadly origins by _rpd on Monday May 10, 2021 @03:14AM (#27103501)
Premature judgements are the root of all evil.
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Re:The word “decide” has deadly origins by papito on Monday May 10, 2021 @03:24AM (#27103550)
1. Sometimes you have no choice but to make one.

2. Analysis paralysis is no joke either.

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Re:The word “decide” has deadly origins by mrslave on Monday May 10, 2021 @05:48AM (#27104314)
Disagree. We clearly benefit from identifying patterns, and statistics is a powerful tool. Do we sometimes misclassify? Sure. But if we stopped to talk to everyone in the city we'd get nothing done.
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