Buridan's ass paradox=Valve selection forum?

[Ross]

Buridan's ass: How can a rational choice be made between two outcomes of equal value?

Buridan's ass is a figurative description of a man of indecision. It refers to a paradoxical situation wherein an ass, placed exactly in the middle between two stacks of hay of equal size and quality, will starve to death since it cannot make any rational decision to start eating one rather than the other. The paradox is named after the 14th century French philosopher Jean Buridan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan's_ass

Don't ask how I got started on this one.

 

[Duff Man]

I've had this happen before, but personally I don't think the valve selection forum suffers from it. That category seems pretty important really. Either way, I don't search the forums by category, I just hit new posts.

 

[Ross]

I've had this happen before, but personally I don't think the valve selection forum suffers from it. That category seems pretty important really. Either way, I don't search the forums by category, I just hit new posts.

I figure that forum is paradoxical because of the nature of choosing valves. Specifically between Tissue and Mechanical. There's been many heated arguements in favor of both, which can drive someone insane trying to decide what they want.

 

[Duff Man]

I figure that forum is paradoxical because of the nature of choosing valves. Specifically between Tissue and Mechanical. There's been many heated arguements in favor of both, which can drive someone insane trying to decide what they want.

Ohhh, yeah I can totally see that for some people. I thought you meant that there was another forum that was equally suited to have valve selection threads in.

I'm still not sure which I want when the time comes. Tell you what though, if On-x can prove through clinical trial that people can run around without incident with no ACT and no anti-platelet, I'll move heaven and earth to get one. Otherwise it's just the confounding mechanical vs. tissue to me.

While I'm on the subject, why don't they grab a cohort of these africans running around without ACT that On-x touts and release a legitimate peer reviewed study about their survival? Or follow a group from implantation and track who's compliant and who's not, then show their morbidity/mortality in a study that is somehow unbias and peer reviewed? Seems worthwhile to me...

 

[Karlynn]

I'm still not sure which I want when the time comes. Tell you what though, if On-x can prove through clinical trial that people can run around without incident with no ACT and no anti-platelet, I'll move heaven and earth to get one. Otherwise it's just the confounding mechanical vs. tissue to me.

Or if there's a tissue valve that lasts for 50 years!

Half way through the Buridan's Ass description I stopped trying to picture a naked man trying to sit on two large bales of hay at the same time .

 

[Duff Man]

Or if there's a tissue valve that lasts for 50 years!

Half way through the Buridan's Ass description I stopped trying to picture a naked man trying to sit on two large bales of hay at the same time .

hahahahahaha... Kind of like trying to pick a stall in a public restroom?

50 years for a tissue valve? I don't think I have time to wait for that study.

 

[hensylee]

Buridan's ass: How can a rational choice be made between two outcomes of equal value?

Buridan's ass is a figurative description of a man of indecision. It refers to a paradoxical situation wherein an ass, placed exactly in the middle between two stacks of hay of equal size and quality, will starve to death since it cannot make any rational decision to start eating one rather than the other. The paradox is named after the 14th century French philosopher Jean Buridan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan's_ass

Don't ask how I got started on this one.

ok, I am not askin...........

 

[ponygirlmom]

Buridan's ass: How can a rational choice be made between two outcomes of equal value?

Buridan's ass is a figurative description of a man of indecision. It refers to a paradoxical situation wherein an ass, placed exactly in the middle between two stacks of hay of equal size and quality, will starve to death since it cannot make any rational decision to start eating one rather than the other. The paradox is named after the 14th century French philosopher Jean Buridan.

How about this: It is irrational to try to make a rational choice between two outcomes of equal value. An person sitting between two absolutely identical pieces of chocolate cake will go "eeny-meenie-meinie-mo," or put both pieces of cake on the same plate and eat them both at the same time!

I think that for most people, tissue and mechanical valves don't have exactly equal value. Even if they are close, one will always be slightly more appealing for one reason or another.

 

[Eva]

.......... tissue and mechanical valves don't have exactly equal value. Even if they are close, one will always be slightly more appealing for one reason or another.

I agree with the above, and even IF in any case two different valves may look really of equal value and appealing, one should follow his own guts, follow his heart, and most importantly follow the advice of the real experienced poeple who really care and have the best interest in their hearts for that person

 

[Cooker]

Or if there's a tissue valve that lasts for 50 years!

Half way through the Buridan's Ass description I stopped trying to picture a naked man trying to sit on two large bales of hay at the same time .

LMAO and sitting on hay

 

[Bina]

Cooker, get off of that hay before your A really does fall off.....
And why is Karlynn's naked man sitting on hay, anyway?

 

[Ross]

How about this: It is irrational to try to make a rational choice between two outcomes of equal value. An person sitting between two absolutely identical pieces of chocolate cake will go "eeny-meenie-meinie-mo," or put both pieces of cake on the same plate and eat them both at the same time!

I think that for most people, tissue and mechanical valves don't have exactly equal value. Even if they are close, one will always be slightly more appealing for one reason or another.

I think your right, but when I read this and think of all the hullabaloo that's gone on in that forum, it just struck me as being the same.

 

[skeptic49]

"The question of tissue vs. mechanical...seems to be largely
a matter of opinion. Many people firmly believe in tissue. Others do not.

The tradition of American justice demands...a broad, unprejudiced view
of such a controversial matter.

This court, therefore, intends to keep an open mind.

I'll hear all the evidence."

- Judge Henry X. Harper (Gene Lockhart) in "Miracle On 34th Street" 1947