I came across the following in a footnote to "The Structure and
Interpretation of Computer Programs":
"A perfectly rational dog placed between two equally attractive
sources of food will starve
to death." --Jean Buridan (14th cent. French philosopher)
The context was a discussion of lock arbitration, but the principle
may just be of wider applicability. :-)
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Gregory Woodhouse
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"We ascribe beauty to that which is simple."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
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