On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 01:44:42PM -0500, Bryan Caplan wrote:
My new paper on the economics of mental illness, entitled The Economics
of Szasz can now be downloaded from my webpage at:
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/szaszjhe.doc
The paper makes the point that what psychology
On Mar 24, 2004, at 8:33 AM, Wei Dai wrote
The paper makes the point that what psychology views as mental
diseases in many cases can be interpreted simply as extreme or
unusual preferences, and in those cases involuntary psychiatric
treatment can not be justified as a benefit for the
What about the person, like an alcoholic or schizophrenic, who hates his
extreme preferences, as they destroy his life? Setting aside the issue of
involuntary treatment for the benefit of others, as we really talking only about a
case of extreme preference?
David Levenstam
In a message dated
Since the precedent has been set, let me advertise my new paper:
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http://hanson.gmu.edu/biashelp.pdf
Manipulators Increase Information Market Accuracy
by Robin Hanson and Ryan Oprea, March 2004
I can try, and hope that people will correct me where I'm wrong.
Thin rationality: purposiveness; adopting means to achieve given ends.
Another aspect is having *some* level of sensitivity to costs and
benefits. A violation of thin rationality would be if you knew that
blinking didn't change
