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The sighted man is executing an incorrect probability update on better information, leading him to a slightly higher expected score. I answer that the blind man is more rational, unless he has refused to repair the cataract for no apparent reason, in which case he is exhibiting a different, unusual, and in this case slightly more damaging form of irrationality.
In other words, it's possible to construct and then resolve an arbitrary problem based on the given description.