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Irrational decision or helpful evolutionary adaptation? A philosopher on the rationality wars behind ‘nudge’ policy
- Twelve-Year-Old Jaysen Carr died in July 2025.
- Behavioral economists, following Daniel Kahneman, argue that heuristics cause predictable errors in judgment.
- Evolutionary psychologists like Gerd Gigerenzer view heuristics as adaptive responses to uncertainty.
- The debate on whether policy should correct biases or educate highlights differing views on human rationality known as the 'rationality wars'.
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Irrational decision or helpful evolutionary adaptation? A philosopher on the rationality wars behind ‘nudge’ policy
People use cognitive shortcuts to make choices that sometimes have outcomes that don’t serve their own interests or preferences. But to call these choices irrational might be missing the big picture.
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