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may also be irrational as suggested by game theory. Game theory is used in our model
of science to dictate the selection of an experiment or alternatively to talk to another
agent. These selections are not always warranted by the current set of beliefs of
an agent, since it will sometimes choose an action that is counter to the firmest of
beliefs. If the agent does not do that then, as mentioned previously in this chapter,
the agent becomes inflexible and will remain firmly stuck in what is possibly an
incorrect belief.
In the next chapter we will step through the formal theory that supports
irrational action.
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