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Economists who buy lottery tickets: Reflections on Less Wrong
Faithful reader Robert asked me to respond to an article by Eliezer Yudkowsky of “Less Wrong” called “Outside the Laboratory.” […]
belief, economics, Eliezer Yudkowsky, epistemology, expected utility, justification, Less Wrong, lottery, rationality, reason, scienceDid Adam Smith’s invisible hand give us the “Skymall” catalogue?
I continue my recent practice of reposting old articles from my CP blog that are no longer available. In this […]
capitalism, consumer capitalism, consumerism, consumption, economics, environmentalism, ethics, The Story of Stuff