On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 02:32:23PM +1300, LizR wrote: > I am beginning to think that Russell is using a very narrow or perhaps > formal definition of rationality, in which case perhaps objections that > random (or unpredictable) behaviour can be rational don't fit it, even > though most people think that such actions are at times the most rational > choice.
Yes - of course it is the formal definition of rationality. Do you mean there is some informal everyday use of the term that means something different? Cheers -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
