[jyl]

Suppose you have a decision to make.

Further suppose it is something quite complicated, that cannot be answered with a numerical calculation or a snap judgment. A life choice, a business decision, etc - something where you are faced with many uncertainties, unknowns and unpredictable branches. I'm not talking about solving an engineering problem or anything similarly trivial.

How do you make the decision?

Sure, presumably you gather the available relevant information, but then what?

Do you:

A. List and sum the pros and cons of various scenarios in an explicitly "logical" and game-theoretic manner and drive to a probability optimized conclusion? (Spock)

B. Think about the pros and cons of various scenarios until your subconscious, or intuition, or gut feeling, or emotional intelligence, finally arrives at an answer with which it/you feel "comfortable"? (Kirk)

C. Some other process (explain)

Are you satisfied with your decision-making process? Do you think you should or can change it?