When a person is offered the choice between two things that she finds equally desirable and choosing either will not not satisfy her, no matter which one the person chooses it will satisfy their desire. This is the problem of equipollent preference, or the problem of Buridan's Ass (See Nicholas Rescher, 1969 for a nice overview of the problem). Here's a concrete example: Suppose that you want a cola and you know that the grocery store has that cola. You walk to the grocery st