Can human behaviour be quantified?

Update: 2010-06-18

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Rory Sutherland, Vice-Chairman of Ogilvy Group, says we've got too hung up on trying to quantify human behaviour. We need to revert to our basic instincts to understand how consumers make their choices. What's wrong, he asks, with 'subjectivism'?

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