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Didn't you just violate that heuristic? Don't you pretty much have to, unless you want to live your live in permanent decision paralysis?
Limit it to large, important decisions and I'd agree.
It's a heuristic. It's up to one's judgement how or whether to apply it in any situation.
Myself, I'd draw the line wider than just large, important decisions.
Yes, it's a heuristic, but that means it needs to be usually correct. Yours is rarely correct. You make numerous decisions throughout the day, such as how to word your comment. Coming up with 6 alternatives to everything would guarantee that you would Lose.
But if you're just going to fall back on "but you apply it with your judgment", then you miss the point of a heuristic, which is to assist with your judgment. Why not have just one universal, all-encompassing heuristic:
"Use judgment."
Ok, this answers my question above.
Perhaps it's useful, when discussing heuristics, to describe the type of problem they are best applied to. The worth of the heuristic doesn't just lie in itself, but also lies in knowing when to apply it.