I see what you’re saying. I would have called that “weighing my options”, but if you prefer to call it “comparative advantage” I have no problem.
I’ll note that there might not be a coherent price for the optimum decision for various reasons. For example, there might be a very cost-effective idea that requires more than Robert’s total budget (so he can’t choose it). Alternatively, there might be ideas where the outcome is uncertain and the probability of success is not reasonably estimable, so no marginal price can be computed*.
*He could always assign a probability by the method of rectal extraction, but the computation would not be reliable.
I see what you’re saying. I would have called that “weighing my options”, but if you prefer to call it “comparative advantage” I have no problem.
I’ll note that there might not be a coherent price for the optimum decision for various reasons. For example, there might be a very cost-effective idea that requires more than Robert’s total budget (so he can’t choose it). Alternatively, there might be ideas where the outcome is uncertain and the probability of success is not reasonably estimable, so no marginal price can be computed*.
*He could always assign a probability by the method of rectal extraction, but the computation would not be reliable.