Let’s take the other example — gambling. The lottery is sometimes called a tax on the stupid. The logic behind this opinion is that the expected net gain is negative. The game is rigged — the …The paradox of “rationality” — and how to make better decisions1.1K11Jason AndrewMatthew RowanFollowAug 28, 2017 · 1 min readI always heard it put as a tax on those that can’t do Math.