RE: Is it rational to maximize rationality?
July 7, 2015 at 5:31 pm
(This post was last modified: July 7, 2015 at 5:31 pm by Excited Penguin.)
Well, look, Panglosian, it's fairly easy to explain away all that bullshit about rationality not being good because it defies art. It simply depends on 1)why are people rational and whether2) there are people who are more rational than others? And so, a religious person has his reasons to believe in God(e.g. not be sent to hell) and is therefore rational but can be less rational than the atheist who doesn't believe in God for lack of evidence(e.g. of hell). Which one is better?
And so it is with art. Why would one pursue literature or music? Because one feels good doing so. Therefore it is rational for him to do so. Does reading a book or listening to a song put somebody else in jeopardy? - that's the only question you have to ask yourself in this case. Rationality, is precisely that, a tool we use to dispense with bad courses of action and follow better ones.
And so it is with art. Why would one pursue literature or music? Because one feels good doing so. Therefore it is rational for him to do so. Does reading a book or listening to a song put somebody else in jeopardy? - that's the only question you have to ask yourself in this case. Rationality, is precisely that, a tool we use to dispense with bad courses of action and follow better ones.
