So potent a hold prevented him from being fully rational when he spoke of her, yet he had to.
"They fall in love with a particular boat, and it's not a fully rational thing."
After all, he thought, one has to remain fully rational in order to rationally evaluate rationality.
In real life, most people - even economists - are not fully rational.
If it were fully rational, it wouldn't be music.
You could never be entirely sure he was fully rational.
"I don't see why a fully rational market should feel any blow at all."
Using the example above, a fully rational player will observe that the most the number could be is 50.
If one truth shines through, it is that people are not consistent or fully rational decision makers.