My Use Of Rational Choice Theory In College

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Your post this week was very informative. I was so interested in it that I read it twice. It totally blew me away that you talked about politics with rational choice theory. I have used rational choice theory many times when picking which candidate I am going to pick. I reasoned it out in my mind why a person was the best candidate. I used my life experiences, what was said, and hope for the best. Mentioning the thief picking the best person to target was great. It just pointed out that people use rational choice theory all the time, sometimes rational choice theory is used without thinking about it.
Hoping for the best is all that we can do in some cases. This applies to even college professors. I hope that I get an understanding

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