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Comic #2391

1 Alvissa: Okay. If we go around the mountains, do we go north or south?
2 Mordekai: North!
2 Dwalin: Sooth! {translation: South!}
3 Mordekai: North!!
3 Dwalin: Sooth!! {translation: South!!}
4 Alvissa: <sigh> See, this is why we should go over.
4 Lambert: You mean under.

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Having too many options is terrible.

When you are restricted in your choices and have only one option for how to proceed, you simply proceed. When you need to make a choice, you can end up dithering and get nowhere.

There's an interesting classical philosophical paradox about this sort of thing, named Buridan's Ass.


2023-01-01 Rerun commentary: If stuck choosing between two equally viable options, you could always take a third option. The problem is if there's a fourth option and you end up stuck between choosing from one of the two bizarre things that nobody else would ever consider.

That's when you take a fifth option!

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