Cat Hicks on Nostr: "behaviors that might initially seem irrational may be modeled as optimal use of ...

"behaviors that might initially seem irrational may be modeled as optimal use of information available to people within the task"

"researchers and policymakers need to exhaust alternative explanations based on people’s goals and social environments before assuming irrationality and to use methods that engage participants as partners not just targets of interventions."

All applied scientists nod. (I disagree that this argument is new)