Comparing Numbers: What is valid?
Lebron or Jordan? Mary Ann or Ginger? Always a debate. Comparisons are interesting things. They can fill an entire night of drinking at any sports bar. What exactly is a "comparison" and how does it play into our decision making process. According to Merriam Webster : a: the representing of one thing or person as similar to or like another His poetry invites comparison with the poems of Robert Frost. b: an examination of two or more items to establish similarities and dissimilarities His faults seem minor by comparison. a comparison of the sports cars I see comparisons as the essence of decision making. When we have a decision to make we are assessing outcomes and we decide on the best course of action based on the comparison of our imagined outcomes. Why else would there be a decision to make unless there were multiple possible outcomes? If there were only one outcome there would be no decision to make. Think of d...