"I must record my judgment, which is at the present time [1955] very
nearly the judgment of a minority of two, that the approach taken in
the theory of games and in statistical decision theory to the problem
of rational choice is fundamentally wrongheaded. It is wrong in
precisely the same way that [neo]classical economic theory is wrong --
in assuming that rational choice is choice among objectively given
alternatives with objectively given consequences that reflect
accurately all the complexities of the real world. It is wrong, in
short, in ignoring the principle of bounded rationality, in seeking to
erect a theory of human choice on the unrealistic assumptions of
virtual omniscience and unlimited computational power."  --
SRPE-winner Herbert Simon.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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