Interesting. But I'd say it was no different now than ever. People just don't do it in general and have not at any particular period or place, with exceptions- often ignored by most everyone else. Mostly, even bright people apply the same criteria they've always applied, even when it was wrong every time before. This is why the House usually wins, why we sometimes have wars and people opine about other people's problems without even a clue as to the situation. Daniel Kahneman wrote a pretty good book on the subject.
Interesting. But I'd say it was no different now than ever. People just don't do it in general and have not at any particular period or place, with exceptions- often ignored by most everyone else. Mostly, even bright people apply the same criteria they've always applied, even when it was wrong every time before. This is why the House usually wins, why we sometimes have wars and people opine about other people's problems without even a clue as to the situation. Daniel Kahneman wrote a pretty good book on the subject.