Ol' Reliable versus Something New--I'm puzzled

[mac_1103]

diminishing marginal utility comes into play as well

OK fine. A psychologist, a statistician and an economist walk into a craft brewery...

 

[Somesaymybeerisdrinkable]

OK fine. A psychologist, a statistician and an economist walk into a craft brewery...

What's the probability that this is the best joke you ever tell.

 

[mac_1103]

What's the probability that this is the best joke you ever tell.

Virtually nil of course. But the marginal utility is very high.

 

[bracconiere]

"What do you feel like drinking now?"

whoa now! feel? normally that combines me thinking psycology AND statistics...what marketing is playing a bigger role in my psyche, and statistically how much they are trying drain my wallet for.....

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

This reminds me of a debate my wife and I would regularly have about camping. She wanted to pack up the tent everyday and go to another place to see something new. If I loved the original camp site and area, I wanted to stay.

I married a woman who had always been poor. We had to travel to be with each other while she got her green card. When I planned trips, she always wanted to see as much as possible, while I, as an experienced traveler, wanted to spend a long time in each location.

I call her the Japanese Tourist, although she's not Japanese. It's a reference to something a friend from New Zealand told me. He was on a year-long trip, which is something people from New Zealand like to do, since they don't expect to see much of the world during their lives. He said he saw a busload of Japanese tourists stop in front of a famous site in Europe. They filed out quickly and made a line in front of the monument. The person at one end ran to the bus, took a picture of the others, and got back in line. Then the next person did the same thing. This continued until everyone had a picture, and then they got in the bus without going to the site. They must have seen a huge number of things, but they might as well have been looking at photos in books. People who spend time in places they visit have much more rewarding experiences.

Now my wife says I was right. Which I already knew.

That being said, I can never stop experimenting with recipes, whether it's food or beer.