“Whenever you're called on to make up your mind,
and you're hampered by not having any,
the best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find,
is simply by spinning a penny.
No — not so that chance shall decide the affair
while you're passively standing there moping;
but the moment the penny is up in the air,
you suddenly know what you're hoping”

—  Piet Hein

A Psychological Tip
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Danish puzzle designer, mathematician, author, poet 1905–1996

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