“How rational are people? A common answer: ‘Not very—instead, we’ve learned from social psychology and behavioural economics that people are systematically irrational’. I disagree. I think we don’t yet know how (ir)rational people are. Why not? Because there’s a problem with the basis of the common irrationalist answer. The problem I have in mind isn’t to do with replication failures, publication bias, or statistical malpractice. The problem is not with the empirical observations, but with their normative foundations …” (more)
[Kevin Dorst, The Oxonian Review, 13 March]
First posted 2020-03-27 18:02:13
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