«Oftentimes, we have to make
decisions with incomplete information.
Life is the art of making
decisions with incomplete information.
Not exact matches
Often we are faced
with disparate
information,
incomplete data, only parts of the puzzle rather than the whole, or hints and innuendo rather than verifiable fact, and then are required to make important investment
decisions where the downside if we get it wrong can be quite painful.
«A major policy
decision by a public body to replace an airport
with a park should not be made based on secret,
incomplete information,» Brown said in his letter.
They highlight that in the hospital the situation is fraught
with anxiety, emotion, time pressures and competing priorities, and
decisions are often based on unclear or
incomplete information.
Plus, traditional family court
decisions rely on infrequent contact
with a family and often
incomplete information aided by lawyers who may withhold or manipulate
information to protect their clients.
Although these local and state officials are besieged by a cacophony of opinions from those who hope to advise, influence, undermine, expose, or (rarely) applaud them, they must ultimately act alone, realizing that every major
decision is made
with incomplete information, involves tradeoffs, and inevitably bears unintended consequences.
Therefore, even though GreatSchools attempts to provide parents
with information regarding the academic achievement of schools, the picture it provides is a very
incomplete one, and once again leaves parents lacking the
information they need to make a fully informed
decision.
Make good
decisions even
with incomplete information.
People (including scientists engaged in research) have been making
decisions with incomplete and uncertain
information for centuries.