Zack Beauchamp

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3. Is Putin "rational" by this definition? Almost certainly, despite launching a war that seems to have blown up in his face. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 7, 2022

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2. In political science literature, "rationality" is not a word for thinking in general. It typically refers to an agent's ability to do means-ends reasoning: to identify their goals and whether or not their actions are likely to further those goals. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 7, 2022

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4. Rational people make bad decisions all the time, for all sorts of reasons. To give a simple example: if Google says the falafel restaurant I like is open, and I want falafel for lunch, it would be rational for me to go there at noon. If Google was wrong, it was still rational. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 7, 2022