And the Children, they used to sing of love...

...if you have the same expected value, but lower variation, of course you choose the lower variation...
...so what would you do if you were faced with a mean of 100 lies versus a mean of 200 half-truths, and the same variance? there both better than hypocrisy...
...and my children sing.... knock knock down... knock knock down... courtesy of MotherLoveBone.