I'm pretty sure I agree with Alex's argument (leaving a little uncertainty there). :-)
But I think maybe we're having different discussions about "good enough"? My earlier comment was more along the lines of not understanding why librarians sometimes use "good enough" as a pejorative, with a hint of condescension. Many times "good enough" really is "good enough". (And I'm not talking just about the ready-reference type of questions that someone mentioned in another posting).
This summer I was reading something about satisficing and maximizing that suggested that satisficers generally felt better about the decisions they made than maximizers did. I suppose one could say that satisficers don't know what they don't know, and that ignorance is bliss. :-) Maximizers always worried that the perfect information was out there if only they would keep looking for it. They were often hindered by knowing there were things that they didn't know, so to speak.
Bernie Sloan
Alexander Johannesen <alexander.johannesen_at_GMAIL.COM> wrote:
On 9/7/07, B.G. Sloan wrote:
> I knew what a straw man was...
I assumed you did. Just trying to make sure we're all on board. :)
> I just couldn't tell if I agreed or disagreed with your original posting. :-)
And we still don't know ... :)
Regards,
Alex
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