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Never assume rationality in an irrational world. We don’t live in econ 101 class where the assumption of rational actors is used to simplify equations for freshmen.

Putting Rational Actors in Their Place: Economics and Phenomenology

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MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
If rationality is overrated and DEI is rational, isn’t this an argument to discard it? Conversely, if it isn’t, isn’t this an argument that DEI is irrational?

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- LengAwaits@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Where did I claim that DEI is rational?
  
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  - MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Well, if it’s evidence-based, then it’s rational. Only irrational people would do things that have never been proven to work.
    
    HOWEVER, if it’s rational, it shouldn’t need legislative support in order to work, because rationality speaks for itself. I don’t need a law to tell me to tie my shoelaces because I know I’ll end up tripping over them if I don’t.
    
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- azulavoir@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It was not claimed that rationality is overrated.
  
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  - MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah, no, that is exactly what was claimed.
    
    The assumption of rational actors is standard practice in economics, basically every single theorem depends on that. When I pointed out that racism isn’t rational, the argument changed to “well, you can’t assume that everyone is rational”.
    
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