[tibbetts]

I like to flip a coin when the decision is difficult. If the answer is satisfying, then either I had an unarticulated preference or it didn’t matter. If the answer is unsatisfying, then I had an unarticulated preference and I can just choose the (apparently preferable) alternative.

[googlryas]

I came across this technique in a Coelho book, maybe The Alchemist, 20 years ago and I liked it. However, I have literally never been in a situation where I had some hidden desire I didn't know that was brought out by a coin flip.

[sooheon]

> If the answer is unsatisfying, then I had an unarticulated preference and I can just choose the (apparently preferable) alternative.

Then I discover the alternative is unsatisfying as well. Which causes me to spend time trying to understand why.

[jaclaz]

JFYI, flipism/flippism:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipism