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Old 09-11-2007, 06:27 AM
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Default Re: The Tipping Point + Freakonomics re: crime

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Isn't it basically a footnote of economics that people often don't act rationally, but assuming rationality creates the most accurate predictive models?


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In some fields, certainly. In decision theory, certainly not.
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