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True, but at the same time, humans often do irrational things.Originally posted by connorkimbro
Humans aren't rational creatures so it is really sensible to use these as arguments for beliefs?
Ehh, but humans ARE rational creatures. In fact, our rationality, our ability to reason and use logic, is one of the only thing that seperates us from the rest of the animal kingdom.'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'"
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You mean one of the things we like to pretend seperates us from the rest of the animal kingdom.Originally posted by connorkimbro
Humans aren't rational creatures so it is really sensible to use these as arguments for beliefs?
Ehh, but humans ARE rational creatures. In fact, our rationality, our ability to reason and use logic, is one of the only thing that seperates us from the rest of the animal kingdom.Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse
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yeah, like continue the existence of the species when it's abundantly clear the earth doesn't deserve our treatment of it.B♭3Comment
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Reason isn't much help for ends, but is well-suited for the means to those ends.Comment
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Er, who says?Humans aren't rational creaturesFollow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DaveDaDouche
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Yes. Having said that, I agree ignoring them may lead to a meaningless life of hedonism, simply doing whatever you please with no concerns over the consequences ...God, wouldnt that be terrible?Are rationality and reason over-rated?
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Why does the SETI project exist?
Because STI is doomed to fail.
Yes, they are overrated (although they might be useful)Why doing it the easy way if it is possible to do it complicated?Comment
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Who does this over-rating stuff all the time?
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whoever it is, he's overrated.B♭3Comment
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Yeah, overrating is sooo overrated
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Its all about balance. In terms of solving problems, you can't beat logic. In terms of a world view, you need logic, rationality as the tools to your own personal disposition for which love and emotion are probably major contributors. That is the human condition which requires love. Philosophy can get by with mere logic and reason, though I believe that reaches a stage where it necessitates emotion too, which is my main area of interest."I work in IT so I'd be buggered without a computer" - Words of wisdom from Provost Harrison
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Hey -- I'm not surprised that PA wants to question the value of rationality and reason.
go figureA lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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Re: Are rationality and reason over-rated?
Radishes.Originally posted by Park Avenue
Humans aren't rational creatures so it is really sensible to use these as arguments for beliefs?The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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Re: Are rationality and reason over-rated?
Prove it...Originally posted by Park Avenue
Humans aren't rational creatures
Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
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