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Albert Cory's avatar

I never worked in academia, fortunately, but I did work in high tech. During that, I developed the following maxim, related to business decisions when uncertainty is involved:

There's very little penalty for being wrong. There's often a large penalty for being right.

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Jennifer de Bohun's avatar

Thank you for introducing me to the deer as horses analogy.

I am an elected member of our local council. The Emperor's New Clothes analogy has lately been on my mind with respect to decision-making.

Along with two other EMs I was called a ‘pariah’ (in public) by a former councillor (old, white male) because we disagreed on the Budget for 2024/25.

I mean, what the? That man is president of a local lobby group that presents deer as horses, and the majority of councillors go quietly along.

No option for me but to keep turning up, speaking out, and voting.

That kind of sledging and manipulationis on him (and them by their tacit agreement), not me.

I also appreciate the deer analogy, as I am a horse owner.

Come back and fight, you cowards!

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