>It’s why we take lucky rabbits’ feet into casinos instead of putting our money in a CD, why we quit steady jobs to start risky small businesses. Again, I am

>It’s why we take lucky rabbits’ feet into casinos instead of putting our money in a CD, why we quit steady jobs to start risky small businesses. Again, I am probably biased but I think this indirect comparison is nonsense. While one action is unequivocally irrational the other could be rational if you take into account situation, tolerance to risk and expected value - expected utility of the action.