In the first case, the only thing that is stopping me on confirming what I want to pick is the expectation that I can always take a little more time and "maybe" come up with a better choice. The coin toss helps to eliminate the amount of time that I have to decide and force me to make a decision. I never really have to go with what the coin picked in this case, but once the coin picks something and if that is not what I want, I know which one I don't want and can pick the other one. Or if it ...
