(February 1, 2016 at 9:15 am)Emjay Wrote:(February 1, 2016 at 8:56 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: You just described yourself as a rationalist. Everyone is a rationalist, to some extent. It matters however whether you really think of yourself as such or not - it can say a ton about you.
Okay, rationalist it is then. Just not a full-time one. I can get caught up in my delusions, as you well know from playing Mafia with me. And with smoking I can go months without paying deliberate, rational, attention to the warnings on the packet. I am an emotional person but I reflect and 'introspect' a lot and try to understand myself and better myself. So I don't know - what's the ton it says about me?
Well, just that. Whether you appreciate the value of rationality or not. Everything you described as good concerning our mental faculties you did so by applying logic, therefore you are a rationalist no matter what, and so is everyone else. But understading this and being able to determine in that way what is good for you and what isn't makes all the difference in the world. I am not necessarily saying being a rationalist means being perfect. It means you're willing to improve, if anything.
