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As an economics professor can I get an exemption from this rule? Rationality is a default assumption in my classes and I often need to remind students of this by throwing the word "rational" into sentences.
I'd say you need it not just because it's a default assumption, but because it's also an inaccurate assumption. Sort of like how you specify that an inclined plane is frictionless and in a vacuum, but you don't mention that it's under the force of gravity, or that it will force away any object that would otherwise pass through it.