“A professor from Columbia University had an offer from Harvard. He couldn’t make up his mind—whether he should accept or reject… So a colleague took him aside and said, ‘What is your problem? Just maximise your expected utility! You always tell your students to do so.’ Exasperated, the professor responded, ‘C’mon, this is serious.’”—Gigerenzer
“A professor from Columbia University had an offer from Harvard. He couldn’t make up his mind—whether he should accept or reject… So a colleague took him aside and said, ‘What is your problem? Just maximise your expected utility! You always tell your students to do so.’ Exasperated, the professor responded, ‘C’mon, this is serious.’”—Gigerenzer
Dupe and bad paraphrase of http://lesswrong.com/lw/890/rationality_quotes_november_2011/5aq7