
Episode 024: Rationality and the Perils of Nostalgia with Dr. Steven Pinker
The Decision Education Podcast
Expected Value in Rational Decision Making
The speakers discuss the concept of expected value and how it is used in rational decision making. They explain its quantification in games like poker, highlight the relationship between expected value and expected utility, and address challenges to the theory of expected utility in human decision making.
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