At 02:11 PM 8/20/00 -0500, Herman Rubin wrote:
> It is necessary to simultaneously consider all
> consequences of the proposed action in all
> states of nature.
every now and then, herman tosses in this dart ... but, i have never once
heard him say what the heck this means ... but, i would suspect that it
IMPOSSIBLE to do ... no mortal can catch up with the 3 things implied by
his dart ... these are:
1. it's difficult to do many things simultaneously
2. we can't possibly know what all the potential consequences are for ANY
given action
3. and ... what are "all states" of nature?
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