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Poll: How rational do you consider yourself?
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Very rational.
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Fairly, but I have my admitted rational shortcomings.
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Not very; I'm very emotionally driven.
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My own denials of rationality.
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RE: My own denials of rationality.
(March 8, 2012 at 10:12 am)Phil Wrote: Suffers? It's called being human.

Couldn't agree more. I'd possibly go further and say that Love, Beauty, Literature and almost every feature that makes life wonderful is deeply rooted in our irrational nature.

The rational features gives us the tools to appreciate them.
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog

If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic.
― Tim Minchin, Storm
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My own denials of rationality. - by Creed of Heresy - March 7, 2012 at 1:18 pm
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by padraic - March 7, 2012 at 6:26 pm
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by Tempus - March 7, 2012 at 9:07 pm
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by Creed of Heresy - March 7, 2012 at 11:36 pm
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by Skepsis - March 8, 2012 at 12:01 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by Creed of Heresy - March 8, 2012 at 12:15 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by Skepsis - March 8, 2012 at 1:23 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by Creed of Heresy - March 8, 2012 at 10:02 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by NoMoreFaith - March 8, 2012 at 10:07 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by Creed of Heresy - March 8, 2012 at 10:33 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by Phil - March 8, 2012 at 10:12 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by NoMoreFaith - March 8, 2012 at 10:16 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by thesummerqueen - March 8, 2012 at 5:40 pm
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by Creed of Heresy - March 9, 2012 at 12:56 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by thesummerqueen - March 9, 2012 at 1:18 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by Creed of Heresy - March 9, 2012 at 3:06 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by frankiej - March 19, 2012 at 5:15 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by Creed of Heresy - March 19, 2012 at 8:58 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by thesummerqueen - March 19, 2012 at 10:38 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by JustEd - April 4, 2012 at 2:54 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by Adjusted Sanity - April 5, 2012 at 12:54 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by thesummerqueen - April 5, 2012 at 10:39 am
RE: My own denials of rationality. - by houseofcantor - April 5, 2012 at 1:56 pm

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