It's why economics is a SOCIAL science.
But humans can do strange things.
In all my econ courses, the "average" person is discussed. The problem is, specific person is the "average" person. Over the moderate to long run, the trends will eventually reflect this mythical person; but to try to apply the scenario to a small sample over the short term will not provide a strong correlation.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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