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  • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    That humans are actually the rational beings many claim themselves to be, rather than animals that makes decisions based on emotion and then rationalise why they made the decision.

    I feel it would solve all the problems other commenters have mentioned.

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        11 months ago

        Pretty much.

        The co2 we are emitting into the atmosphere is leading to problems.

        Rational response: reduce our co2 emissions as fast as possible.

        Our constant population expansion and habitat destruction is causing a new mass extension event:

        Rational response: Limit population growth. reduce environmental impact and regenerate damage already done.

        Etc

        etc

        etc.

        • kakes@sh.itjust.works
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          11 months ago

          While I agree there are some problems that would be best solved through rational thinking, I wouldn’t want to live in a purely “rational” world. The entirety of the human experience lies between the gaps of rationality.

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            11 months ago

            Wanting to feel love and happiness is quite rational too. Irrational feelings are not “anti- rational” they are just orthogonal, like color to taste. But making decisions based pure on feelings IS anti-rational.

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            11 months ago

            That’s a popular trope that is spouted by anti-rationalists all the time, but it’s a total red herring. It’s one of those rhetorical tactics that is designed to disrupt judgment and put a stop to a conversation before the absurdity of the claim is made obvious. It’s drilled into us as children through tv, movies, even books, but it’s entirely false.

            Rationalism has plenty of room for fantasy, emotion, and everything else that humans experience. It’s not a choice between being rational and being a fully developed human. The choice is between being rational and being irrational. Everything else is its own separate thing.