Thursday, July 31, 2008

Hobson's choice

I am a selfish person.

I Like this term "Hobson's choice"; free choice in which only one option is offered, and one may refuse to take that option. The choice is therefore between taking the option or not taking it.

So this guy "Thomas Hobson (1544–1630), a livery stable owner at Cambridge, England who, in order to rotate the use of his horses, offered customers the choice of either taking the horse in the stall nearest the door or taking none at all."

Nice one!


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