I have an important choice to make in a few months (about what type of education to pursue). I have changed my mind once already, and after hearing a presentation where the presenter clearly favored my old choice, I'm about to revert my decision - in fact, introspection tells me that my decision was already changed at some point during the presentation. In regards to my original change of mind, I may also have been affected by the friend who gave me the idea.
All of this worries me, and I've started making a list of everything I know as far as pros/cons go of each choice. I want to weigh the options objectively and make a decision. I fear that, already favoring one of the two choices, I won't be objective.
How do I decrease my bias and get myself as close as possible to that awesome point at the start of a discussion where you can list pros and cons and describe the options without having yet gotten attached to any position?
Harder Choices Matter Less. Unless you expect that there is a way of improving your understanding of the problem at a reasonable cost (such as discussing the actual object level problem), the choice is now less important, specifically because of the difficulty in choosing.
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