Coined after French philosopher Jean Buridan, Buridan’s ass is a type of decision paralysis where two equally good options lead to no decision.
The paradox is explained by the story of a donkey that is equally hungry and thirsty and placed precisely midway between a stack of hay and a pail of water. Since the paradox assumes the donkey will always go to whichever option is closer, it dies of both hunger and thirst since it cannot make any rational decision between its two options.
Primary origin: Jean Buridan