I like certain numbers. I know it's just bullshit coincidence but it's fun. I associate certain good memories with certain numbers and I'm more likely to notice good things (count the hits and ignore the misses) with an optimistic bias that makes me happy if I put myself in a good state of mind by focusing on numbers I associate with good memories despite the fact I know I'm just fooling myself.
I'm rational enough to know that human irrationality is always stronger and more powerful than their rationality (and this is why we have the bullshit that is religion in the first place) and so I do the rational thing: Make peace with my rationality. But neither belief nor disbelief is a choice and as strong as my irrationality is: when I make peace with it rather than banging my head against it and trying to be more rational than I can actually be--which would be irrational of me--I end up being even more rational, ironically .
I'm rational enough to know that human irrationality is always stronger and more powerful than their rationality (and this is why we have the bullshit that is religion in the first place) and so I do the rational thing: Make peace with my rationality. But neither belief nor disbelief is a choice and as strong as my irrationality is: when I make peace with it rather than banging my head against it and trying to be more rational than I can actually be--which would be irrational of me--I end up being even more rational, ironically .
