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Right, this is an important point that could use more discussion.
In closer inspection a lot of the "irrationalities" are either rational on a higher-level game, or to be expected given the inability of people to "feel" abstract facts that they are told.
That said, the inability to properly incorporate abstract information is quite a rationality problem.
I've made this point quite a few times here and here
Depends, sometimes this is actually a decent way avoid believing every piece of abstract information one is presented with.