But as Posner and Vermeule develop their argument, Schmitt fades away, and is replaced by an incongruous reliance on the rational actors of game theory.
So why not both attitudes toward the disease: a greater reliance on the rational, problem-solving approach in public discourse, and, if it works, the perhaps irrational but nevertheless utilitarian martial one in more private, even interior, contexts?
Ever since he took office there have been many wondering why these kinds of speeches have not been coming, and whether the president's hallmark reliance on calm, rational explanation needs more fire to galvanize the nation and persuade his adversaries.
I had just published a paper arguing that reliance on the Rational Expectations hypothesis in macroeconomics and financial modeling presumes that market participants and the economist must have already discovered a "true" model.
They cannot - with their over-reliance on their rational left brain thinking, or even their right brain intuitive thinking - swallow the story that Shakyamuni Buddha tells his disciples in the Larger Sutra.
Ironically, while this trend toward reliance on secrecy is rational behavior, without changes to our patent system, it may have the unintended consequence of slowing the overall pace of innovation.
Reliance on one instrument can be fatal.
Too much reliance on one business partner can be unhealthy.
"The other reason is that that's how human behaviour works," writes the blog post, noting that people like to be part of something that's "hot", along with a more rational reliance on the so-called wisdom of the crowds, especially when that crowd has put its money where its mouth is.
