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I've seen this argument over and over again, and it's ridiculous. Saying "humans are not rational" is not the same as "humans are never rational" The statemen

• vanderZwan 13y ago
  It's also conflating "irrational" with "unreasonable". We actually have a quite decent understanding of that irrational behaviour too - prospect theory is hardly a new or controversial theory.
• onnoonno 13y ago
  Is it a good idea to assume non-rationality in policy, though? As I also wrote in my other post, I think one can easily argue that 'more informed policy' that 'accounts for human's partial rationality' actually creates complexity which makes it even harder for humans to act rational. *edit: grammar