In the text below some words are missing. Select appropriate words to fill the gaps.

Very intelligent people often make the mistake of (1) …………………. that other people’s minds work in the same way as theirs do. Economists, for example, (2) ………………… mathematically-based models on the notion that people act rationally as far as their own economic (3) ……………. are concerned. You don’t have to look much further than family and friends to see how off the mark this (4) ……………. is. The problem with such scientifically-based theories is that they are not friendly to facts that don’t (5) ……………… the case.

(1) create (2) idea (3) treat (4) separate (5) assuming (6) fit (7) interests (8) seems

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