"People often prefer (ask for) more information but might ignore their difficulty of understanding, using, and acting (appropriately) on this information."
Does anyone have literature/ experimental evidence on this?
I know about the literature on information avoidance. I am looking more for evidence that people request (costly) information that they deem helpful but they would not request if they were aware that they would not use it because they would, e.g., misinterpret it.
Thanks in advance
هذا ما دعم فكرة الاقتصاد السلوك ، كثير من الناس يتاثرون بالواقع المعاش لذلك في افكارهم امتلاك المعلومات الكافية عن شي معين يعني نفسيا حتى تحقق .
Dear Rad Maythil
, there is a similar saying in the Tao Te Ching (Laotzu): "大道甚夷，而民好径" ( The Great Road is straightforward and easy; but people love to be trapped in the by-ways.)It is similar in the keeping in good health: while Luigi Cornaro could successfully maintain in good health for more than 60 years to a great age of 102 after recover from his grave illnesses by his simple diet of eat-but-little 500 years ago, modern people are still struggling with all kinds of strange diseases with their free eating:(
Hendrik Bruns is right: understanding is the key. Without understanding, no mater how much information we have, it is still useless.
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