What word describes the situation where someone has to choose between two difficulties, and to choose either would have an equally unpleasant outcome?
Newcomb's paradox predictor: a "meta-predictor" who has correctly predicted "every" outcome in the past, and who predicts the following: "Either you will choose both boxes, and the predictor will make its decision after you, or you will choose only box B, and the predictor will already have made its decision." In this situation, a proponent of choosing both boxes is faced with the following dilemma: if the player chooses both boxes, the predictor will not yet have made its decision, and therefore a more rational choice would be for the player to choose box B only. But if the player so chooses,
Not a Pin to Choose Between Them Not a Pin to Choose Between Them "Not a Pin to Choose Between Them" ("Somme kjerringer er slike", i.e. "Some womenfolk are like that") is a Norwegian folk tale about tolerating one's spouse despite his or her flaws. It is collected in "Best-Loved Folktales of the World" (1982). "Not a Pin to Choose Between Them" is a story about a husband and a wife who try to trade some goods from their farm in town. First, the wife goes to town and loses her money and livestock (a hen and a cow). At home, the husband calls her "mad" ("gal",