hmm I've noticed quite a few people using the flip the coin method in making a decision... it's interesting to see that it's not really an excercise of chance but an excercise of choice (noticed for some time just never wrote it down)... the act of flipping the coin forces the person to make a decision because if the outcome of the toss is favourable then the person goes along with it, if it's unfavourable then they go against the choice of chance by rearranging the priorities in their mind... a very interesting excercise... so when faced with a seemingly difficult decision flip a coin and see how much easier your choice is... because even if you're truly evenly divided the coin provides a decision... (interesting thought no? maybe it'll save time just flip the coin next time)
Thats true just because something has made the decision for you you suddenly know what option you want to choose.
I think people need to make the decision themselves and not let the coin decide. Just decide and stick with your decision.
But what if you can't choose? And you like/dislike all the options equally? That's where the coin comes into play.
Personally, I’ve never used flipping a coin an important decision- but it brings to mind what else a coin flip is used for. Football referees prefer captains to choose a side of the coin before the game - flipping a coin for which way to kick prevents argument and is an old and tried method. In a Cricket match, the flipping of a coin (once again b/n captains) presents an opportunity to use chance in a favourable way. If people knew whether Heads or Tails would come out- and which way their respective Captains would chose, the odds for a game of Cricket would change. In such instances, the flip is utilized in the stead of having dispute between sides before a big game. Nonetheless, for those who thought flipping a coin was merely a chance-chance action: be warned!
Sure I'll flip a coin for small decisions, not to important decisions (should i make brownies? etc.) but Hell no I wont flip a coin if its like a life-time commitment or some crap like that
I belive that what commyaji was talking about wasn't that you let the coin decide for you, but that your reaction on what decision the coin flip favoured, helped you make the decision that you actually agree with. Say you have a pretty okay job and you've got a chance of promotion in the near future. But then you suddenly get a job offer from another company which is pretty similar to what you will get if you get the promotion, only that you get some disadvantage.. you won't get your own office, or that the pay is a little less or something like that. Now you have to make a choice. Should you wait and hope to get the promotion or take the other job? So you decide to flip a coin about it. If you notice that you don't like the outcome of the coin flip, you say "best of three" or something like that, you'll know that that wasn't the decision you wanted. That wa it's easier to make a decision you're comfortable with. Not that you actually let the coin decide, but that you let yourself decide based on your feelings of the coin flip =) I'm not entirely sure that this was what I belive commyaji. And I find it to be a very interesting thought. I usually do similar things but have never thought of it, you make a very good point, commyaji. =)
Yep, thanks Virre, that was my original thought. But it's also similar to the way people play rock, paper, scissors to decide an outcome. Say, there's one cookie left, and my brother and I both want it. Now, we'll play paper scissors rock, and I win, but then my brother says 'best of three'. Now if I lose, i'll cry unfair. But that's just the way the cookie crumbles.
i dont like the idea of having to decide too many things. by flipping a coin, id rather know that i have no control over it, and that either option will have its own set of consequences. this way, i cant regret making a bad decision >
I have always wanted to use a coin flip for a decision but never got to it your idea sounds interesting though
I'd never use a flipping coin to make an important decision. Some people that don't want to decide for theirselves, or want to be able to blame the coin later ( lol ) will stick with the coin.
very interesting... i think i will do this as soon as a find a quarter lol Please do not gravedig. ~L_scorpio
yeah, its really the matter of whether you want to take responsibility for a bad choice, or if you just want to tell yourself it was bad luck, and it was the coins fault :tehe: