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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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