Every economist knows homo economicus is an approximation to reality. Large amounts of economics is about mathematically modelling deviations from it and then c

Every economist knows homo economicus is an approximation to reality. Large amounts of economics is about mathematically modelling deviations from it and then checking the results against data. I feel like you are criticizing some "econ 101" straw man. If you can find violations of transitivity that apply in aggregate (rather than just to one guy being in a funny mood one time), congrats! Now go figure out how to exploit this money pump to become rich.