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The goal of the experiment was not to measure irrationality. The goal was to measure neuronal activity involved in decision making, while fuzzing the decision m
by dvanduzer 10y ago
The goal of the experiment was not to measure irrationality. The goal was to measure neuronal activity involved in decision making, while fuzzing the decision making system with too many options.
- Phemist 10y agoNot having read the article at all, so going purely on the title and GP's quote, the question seems to me to be whether bad decisions are always irrational and whether this was an experiment that successfully induced bad decisions (which, imo, was rightfully challenged by GP)
- anexprogrammer 10y agoThe article mentions irrationality numerous times. The experimenter appears to be attempting to frame all decision making as economic value choices. It even gets called Neuroeconomics. "What part of the brain calculates that the Snickers bar rates higher than the Milky Way?" Maybe I'm just broken, but this is a long way from how I choose a choc bar, from 3 or 20. My choice will change depending on what I had recently. I don't have time to skim the actual paper, but I'm more with the GP that it seems a pretty poor experiment.
- bglusman 10y agoSee above replies from myself and whack