Answer to Question #248085 in Microeconomics for sss

Question

Bruce had a rare encounter with the Almighty. The Almighty offered him 3 wishes of

his preference. Bruce very shrewdly chose these 3 things in that order – lots of wealth,

a popular life and never have to work again. The Almighty happily granted his three

wishes to Bruce. Few weeks down the line, with the spread of coronavirus, Bruce found

him to be affected by it. He has gone extremely pale and week, has lost his smell, has

lost his taste, can barely walk by himself. Not happy with what he has been going

through, he started blaming the Almighty for all this. Do you think that Bruce was

acting as a rational being? Why or why not, explain your answer.

Answer 1

Bruce is not acting as a rational human being because he had taken wrong decision due to laziness. When he got an opportunity to fulfill his wish,he should ask Almighty to give him knowledge, health and prosperity. That will make him a better human being but instead of doing that he chose his own self interest. When the pandemic come and he had been affected with the virus he should ask Almighty for better health instead of scolding the Almighty which was completely irrational.