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Economy

Redleg

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3. I don't agree that people as a whole are quite rational

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 11, 2024, 02:00 PM

Apr 2024

Wanting to see others suffer and to experience hatred toward others are by definition emotional rather than rational ends. People are "boundedly rational" or "imperfectly rational" but they are not usually "quite rational."

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Interest rates aren't "high" Fiendish Thingy Apr 2024 #1

Truth. GoodRaisin Apr 2024 #6

Consumers have learned their lessons well bucolic_frolic Apr 2024 #2

I don't agree that people as a whole are quite rational Redleg Apr 2024 #3

They are rational to them. It's their DNA. bucolic_frolic Apr 2024 #4

Aha, I get it Redleg Apr 2024 #5