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Is it rational to maximize rationality?

Poll: Is it rational to be rational?
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Yes, rationality can rationally be shown to be an objective good.
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Yes, by definition.
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I'm not sure.
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No, but obviously it is a damned good thing to be.
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No, rationality has utility and has nothing to do with what we "should be".
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Other, please explain.
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None of the above.
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I fucking hate polls.
31.58%
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Is it rational to maximize rationality?
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RE: Is it rational to maximize rationality?
July 7, 2015 at 5:33 pm (This post was last modified: July 7, 2015 at 5:40 pm by Excited Penguin.)
(July 7, 2015 at 4:28 pm)robvalue Wrote: Tada! You can't avoid it Big Grin

You can't make good decisions about how rational to be, and when, without being rational Big Grin

It's one of those catcher in the rye 27 things.
I love that book! Which things are you referring to?
(July 7, 2015 at 5:32 pm)whateverist Wrote: Letting art lead you is irrational.

Letting rationality lead you is artless.

Waddayagonna do?

False and...false.
Letting art lead you is not irrational if you like art for it's own sake and it isn't harmful over all(if you care about that) - which we can't exactly know or find out without being rational (waddayaknow?).
Letting rationality lead you might therefore not be artless, at least not necessarily, since being rational might involve art.
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