Everyday thinking
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- When people behave in ways we don't like, we often call them
"selfish" -- but that just means that they give precedence to their
own goals over ours.
- We often excuse our own or others' behavior on the grounds that the
"right" behavior was "impossible" -- a claim that the decision was
driven by a constraint.
- When a mayor of a town agrees to accept a nuclear power plant
although the polls show a majority of residents to be opposed, we
often infer that he has been pressured by the national government,
or accepted political contributions (or even bribes) from the power
company.
- When a student sits the late exam for the University of Tsukuba, we
often suppose they were unsuccessful in an exam for a "better"
university.
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