When all your problems in life and business can be neatly summed up into 4 absurdly simply outcomes, nothing beats the power of the 2x2 decision matrix. Examples:
Is there a God, and should I worship him?
........... Worship... Don't Worship God......| Great...... Hell No God | So-so.... Live it up!
So what, if non-idiots wish to ruin the pea-brained genius of this matrix with questions like "What if there is more than one god, or that a single god might not care about Christian ideals?". This matrix
Terry Pratchett, in one of his inimitable footnotes (from the novel Hogfather), presents the following philosophical fable.
'Possibly the gods exist, and possibly they do not. So why not believe in them in any case? If it's all true you'll go to a lovely place when you die, and if it isn't then you've lost nothing, right?' When he died he woke up in a circle of gods holding nasty-looking sticks and one of them said, 'We're going to show you what we think of Mr. Clever Dick in these parts...'
The Power of the 2x2 Matrix! (Score:5, Interesting)
Is there a God, and should I worship him?
God
No God | So-so
So what, if non-idiots wish to ruin the pea-brained genius of this matrix with questions like "What if there is more than one god, or that a single god might not care about Christian ideals?". This matrix
Re:The Power of the 2x2 Matrix! (Score:3)
Terry Pratchett, in one of his inimitable footnotes (from the novel Hogfather), presents the following philosophical fable.