" Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal."
- Robert A. Heinlein in "Assignment in Eternity" (1953)
"Reason is poor propaganda … more
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rationality
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"Television leaves no external scars" or the very best bits from Robert A. Heinlein
@ 2011-06-08 – 23:29:59
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Are we predictably irrational creatures?
@ 2010-11-14 – 17:02:38
[ ... ] possible level of rationality in our decision-making process. If we remember the irrational side of humans, we will not be surprised, ... more -
Can we create a fully rational society?
@ 2010-07-25 – 22:29:45
[ ... ] new resurgence of rationality was, however, luckily not far away. Renaissance and most of all the Age of Enlightenment did bring rationality back ... more -
Do all Christians believe in the same god?
@ 2010-06-01 – 21:26:19
[ ... ] cold in the field of rationality. Your faith just must be irrational to be faith at all. The Einsteinian pantheistic entity that is also called ... more -
Has rationality already won?
@ 2010-01-30 – 23:41:14
One of the basic facts of life is that humans naturally tend to be separated to two different groups. There are always those who tend to favor the rational … more -
Is there such a thing as perfect rationality?
@ 2009-06-17 – 16:52:26
[ ... ] strive for greater rationality when they want to. This is true even if perfect and full rationality is quite unattainable. The quote in the ... more -
Can rational thinking be dangerous?
@ 2009-04-13 – 18:34:33
[ ... ] is bad. However, the rationality of this thinking is based on an old dogmatic belief. This belief was born in a society where birth control and ... more -
Why people who believe in a single Final Truth are so often persecuted?
@ 2009-03-14 – 14:10:18
[ ... ] if a total real-life rationality is of course just a pipe dream. When a person is at least trying to base his or her decision on rational reasoning ... more
