According to a recent poll, two out of three New Yorkers say that, given the choice, they would rather live somewhere else. But all of them have the choice, and none of them live anywhere else. A proper summary of the results of this poll would be: two out of three New Yorkers lie on polls.
Ordinary people do not interpret the statement “given the choice” to mean “under at least one circumstance where it is not physically impossible”. That’s not an example of revealed preferences or inconsistency—it’s an example of real people not acting like Internet geeks.
(Response to old post)
Ordinary people do not interpret the statement “given the choice” to mean “under at least one circumstance where it is not physically impossible”. That’s not an example of revealed preferences or inconsistency—it’s an example of real people not acting like Internet geeks.