How we end up marrying the wrong person

Re:How we end up marrying the wrong person by philwelch on Saturday July 05, 2014 @06:40PM (#7993197)

Worrying about "opportunity cost" is maximizing, and people who maximize are less happy than people who satisfice because instead of enjoying what they have, they worry about the possibility of getting something better.

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Re:How we end up marrying the wrong person by baddox on Sunday July 06, 2014 @12:00PM (#7994817)

It seems that satisficers would only be happier if they are good both at setting their threshold and at predicting the happiness of each option. And of course, setting a threshold requires a consideration of opportunity cost, so you don't get to hand wave that away.

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Re:How we end up marrying the wrong person by philwelch on Monday July 07, 2014 @08:45PM (#8002473)

Satisficers don't care whether there's a potentially better option though. That's the definition of satisficing, and it makes most consideration of opportunity cost go away.

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