May 9, 2022·edited May 9, 2022Liked by Abhishek Chakraborty
Have read a number of your articles and have really admired your work, was really looking forward to reading this one, given the title. But would admit that this one was a bit disappointing.
While I agree that being too much logical in personal life isn't right, I don't think you have captured the correct reasons for it. I also disagree with the statement 'Logic helps in defending decisions but not making them'.
In fact, when you decided to focus on garden while purchasing house or on sense-of-humour while getting married, you just changed the variables on which you need to base your decision, but still decided logically :)
My take on this topic is that we tend to overrate our ability to arrive at a logical decision when the number of variables are infinite. Buying a house and getting married are extremely complicated decisions, with too many variables to start with, and most of the variables changing over time, while we still retrospecting on the quality of the decision years later. For such decisions, it is difficult to be right in the first place given the number of variable, and then we can always be right when we make it but as we evolve or people around us evolve, these decisions may look silly.
In keeping with the Stoic tradition, I wish you strength and wisdom in this challenging time, Abhishek.
Have read a number of your articles and have really admired your work, was really looking forward to reading this one, given the title. But would admit that this one was a bit disappointing.
While I agree that being too much logical in personal life isn't right, I don't think you have captured the correct reasons for it. I also disagree with the statement 'Logic helps in defending decisions but not making them'.
In fact, when you decided to focus on garden while purchasing house or on sense-of-humour while getting married, you just changed the variables on which you need to base your decision, but still decided logically :)
My take on this topic is that we tend to overrate our ability to arrive at a logical decision when the number of variables are infinite. Buying a house and getting married are extremely complicated decisions, with too many variables to start with, and most of the variables changing over time, while we still retrospecting on the quality of the decision years later. For such decisions, it is difficult to be right in the first place given the number of variable, and then we can always be right when we make it but as we evolve or people around us evolve, these decisions may look silly.