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OftenBen  ·  2990 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Let Them Eat Facts: Why Fact Checking Is Mostly Useless In Convincing Voters

    Human beings are not rational creatures.

Every time I read this it makes me nauseous.





_refugee_  ·  2990 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have to wonder if that's because you're not a rational creature.

OftenBen  ·  2990 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maybe you're onto something there

user-inactivated  ·  2990 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Every time I read this it makes me nauseous.

Eventually you get used to the dry heaves and the brain stops trying to vomit. Sort of like being sea sick. Embrace the suck, internalize it and use that data point to help you understand the things happening around you.

OftenBen  ·  2989 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Can there be understanding without rationality?

Trying to think like that makes me massively uneasy. I can't conceive of an irrational, pre-rational or what have you decision making process. I can't imagine applying such to any aspect of my life.