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Some questions regarding the rationality of a demonstration of human rationality

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Robert J. Sternberg
Robert J. Sternberg
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Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 06520
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , September 1981 , pp. 352 - 353
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