John Flanagan: “An ordinary archer practices until he gets it right. A ranger practices until he never gets it wrong.”
I want to reword this in to make it about rationality in a way that isn’t pretentious.
Cavilo, The Vor Game: “The key to strategy… is not to choose a path to victory, but to choose so that all paths lead to a victory.” is close to what I want, but not quite.
John Flanagan: “An ordinary archer practices until he gets it right. A ranger practices until he never gets it wrong.”
I want to reword this in to make it about rationality in a way that isn’t pretentious.
Cavilo, The Vor Game: “The key to strategy… is not to choose a path to victory, but to choose so that all paths lead to a victory.” is close to what I want, but not quite.
I’m not sure what to recommend, but a few words that come to mind that might be relevant and help you spark an idea:
resilient
robust
reliable
antifragile
high availability
self healing
overdetermined
Is the victory bit important in the quotation?
If it’s not about the victory/winning, and rather about the path/journey ….
A first draft that springs to mind as I type:
The key to rationality.… is not to chose the label, but to choose to take every opportunity to improve/update your thinking.
(Can’t … stop … myself … from commenting: From what I’ve observed too much ego gets in the way of rational thinking sometimes.)
Why not something along the lines of “your rationality is measured as much by your worst case performance as your average case”?
Maybe “your worst case contributes to your average just as strongly as your best case”?