Monday, June 18, 2007

stated vs revealed preferences...

It is interesting that we become defensive when asked about a question that may reveal our preference. For example, if asked "what is your favorite book?" - the answer will be "The Holy Quran" or "The Holy Bible" or whatever makes us look "righteous"; Similarly if you ask "What is your favorite personality?", we would like to say "Muhammad PBUH" or "Jesus PBUH" or something very attractive

But closely if we look at our life, we seldom reflect any of the behavior mentioned by our ideals. Well i dont know what to call it...is it a human factor?, dual face, or oxy-moronic way to fool others.

I dont understand the idea of fooling others...what a person would benefit from that by being not "himself" or "herself".

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