Life is a series of decisions often made using imperfect information.
There are two ways to end up with imperfect information. First is that the information source is itself incomplete: nothing in medicine is 100%, the stock market is inherently unpredictable, as is weather, and we even can’t be sure that the organic pears aren’t grown using pesticides.
Outcome is only as good as the best information affords.
Even given a perfect source, imperfect communication of information also leads to flawed information. Loss of emotional cues when transitioning from face-to-face to telephone to email to instant messages. The dreaded typo “Oh that sentence was supposed to have a ‘not’ in the middle of it.” Even the world as we see it is limited by our eyes – myopia, glaucoma, or perhaps simply the visible light spectrum.
While it is difficult to improve the quality of information source, using the appropriate means of communication to properly deliver information is sometimes easier. It might just mean a strategically placed emoticon ;), careful proofreading, or a pair of glasses.