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>"and free of errors over that entire scope"

This is impossible, because unless the information is also complete then the utility functions of opponents (and hence future payoffs) are unknown by the decision maker at the time of the decision.

>which is why I used "accurate and complete" as a less-formal equivalent of "perfect" upthread.

I suppose if you believe that the two are equivalent, there's not much point in arguing.



> This is impossible

Well, yes, rational choice theory is based on premises which are known to be impossible, but which are analytically convenient and which produce models which are (at least, argued to be) useful approximations of real world behavior.




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