Deciding between 2 things when pros and cons balance

[Kevin Pacey]

Recently I made a pros and cons list, to decide between two courses of action (one being to do nothing). I weighted the various pros and cons equally. The pros and cons balanced. So I Googled what to do, and here's one search result:

quora.com/How-can-I-decide-between-two-things-when-the-pros-and-cons-are-balanced:

https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-decide-between-two-things-when-the-pros-and-cons-are-balanced

Initially I thought on my own of a rule in Robert's Rules of Order, where a tied vote results in a failed motion, so do nothing. On the other hand, many provinces/nations have 50% (or less!) as a passing grade, which could in my situation be suggestive to mean I should go ahead and do something, rather than nothing. Another way to resolve the situation is to toss a coin, as is in answer(s) in the above link (link also suggests to delay decision until something changes, or do what 'my heart wishes', if know...). Decisions, decisions...

wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert's_Rules_of_Order:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%27s_Rules_of_Order

[Kevin Pacey]

Here's the wiki for a well-known paradox that Robert's Rules of Order might lead to in case of a tied vote on a motion (i.e. as a group, to eat a bale of hay A instead of a bale of hay B, both equally distant):

wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan's_ass:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan%27s_ass

The only way out of the impasse, I can see, with Robert's Rules of Order, is for someone to think to make a motion to decide which bale to eat based on the flip of a coin. Then the motion likely passes unanimously, and the problem is solved. :)