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Subjective and objective corruption of intuition and rational choice.

David Haig
Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2024)
A societal shift has occurred toward making impactful decisions on the basis of objective metrics rather than subjective impressions. This shift is commonly justified by claims that we should not trust subjective intuitions. These are often unjust and thereby corrupt. However, the proxies used to make objective decisions are subject to a different form of corruption, characterized as proxy failure.
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