Pat Gunning wrote: >----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- >John Medaille wrote: > > >Wouldn't the "science of (human) choice and > >action (under all conditions)" be psychology? > John C. M??daille > >I suppose that the answer depends on how one >defines psychology. I don't recall any >psychologists defining it as the science of >choice, but I do now of economists who define >economics as the science of action, which implies choice. The only way I can parse that sentence is, "Psychology is not the science of human choices; economics is the science of human choice and action." Doesn't leave much room for Psychology, does it? But if I were trying to influence the public's product choices with an ad campaign, would I hire an economist or a psychologist? John C. M?daille