accounts revealing that even the most astute of men can frequently make irrational decisions. However, a rational mind has long been considered desirable by people such as the 19th century biologist Thomas Huxley, who is purported to have said “If some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock, and wound up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.� 19 Sutherland provides insight into the many ways people are inherently irrational and
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