Every decision we make is BINARY

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Every decision is subject to revision. Every decision. There is no such thing as a final decision.
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commonsense wrote: Wed Mar 12, 2025 10:59 pm There is no such thing as a final decision.
There definitely is such a thing as a final decision, albeit a relative final decision, a mental construction.

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commonsense wrote: Wed Mar 12, 2025 10:54 pm
LuckyR wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 8:12 am Pick a number between one and three.
2 or not 2

Or 2.1 or not 2.1

Ad infinitum
So you chose 2 (to consider, if you insist) from between 1,2 or 3. Not binary.
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LuckyR wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 3:45 pm
commonsense wrote: Wed Mar 12, 2025 10:54 pm
LuckyR wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 8:12 am Pick a number between one and three.
2 or not 2

Or 2.1 or not 2.1

Ad infinitum
So you chose 2 (to consider, if you insist) from between 1,2 or 3. Not binary.
“Between” (either of two selections) is binary, however “between” (a location on the number line situated to the right of one and the left of the other) isn’t.🙂
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commonsense wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 7:41 pm
LuckyR wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 3:45 pm
commonsense wrote: Wed Mar 12, 2025 10:54 pm

2 or not 2

Or 2.1 or not 2.1

Ad infinitum
So you chose 2 (to consider, if you insist) from between 1,2 or 3. Not binary.
“Between” (either of two selections) is binary, however “between” (a location on the number line situated to the right of one and the left of the other) isn’t.🙂
You can substitute "among" if it makes you feel better.
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LuckyR wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 9:08 pm
commonsense wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 7:41 pm
LuckyR wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 3:45 pm

So you chose 2 (to consider, if you insist) from between 1,2 or 3. Not binary.
“Between” (either of two selections) is binary, however “between” (a location on the number line situated to the right of one and the left of the other) isn’t.🙂
You can substitute "among" if it makes you feel better.
Same difference. The synonym changes nothing.
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commonsense wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 9:10 pm
LuckyR wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 9:08 pm
commonsense wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 7:41 pm

“Between” (either of two selections) is binary, however “between” (a location on the number line situated to the right of one and the left of the other) isn’t.🙂
You can substitute "among" if it makes you feel better.
Same difference. The synonym changes nothing.
I agree, just as your stipulation that "between" must reference two and only two choices, making selections binary, doesn't mean what you imply it means.
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