A theory that fits one’s intuition and has limited support seems better than nothing at all, though I agree that Maslow is not at the level of, say, the theory of continental drift.
As far as the point of the article goes, it may be enough to simply note (as Caplan does) that societal and individual incentives to “consume” irrationality differ, bypassng the intuition-pumping but possibly tenuous ideas about Maslow levels.
A theory that fits one’s intuition and has limited support seems better than nothing at all, though I agree that Maslow is not at the level of, say, the theory of continental drift.
As far as the point of the article goes, it may be enough to simply note (as Caplan does) that societal and individual incentives to “consume” irrationality differ, bypassng the intuition-pumping but possibly tenuous ideas about Maslow levels.