fractalization of reason

[rone]

I have a small theory that posits that irrationality is most often a misnomer; almost everything we do consciously is done rationally, at some level in our mind. The process might not be familiar, but that does not mean that there is no process.

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[waider.livejournal.com]

Smarter people than I (me? for a grammar nazi, the smallest things trip me up) have noted that the human brane is amazingly good at producing rationalizations for preconceived "non-rational" notions. Douglas Adams hauls this idea over the coals (in typically amusing fashion) in one of the Dirk Gently novels.

I think it's all hair-splitting, myself.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Well, i wasn't thinking of rationalizations. That's all backwards thinking anyway.

Is it hair-splitting? Maybe it is, but i think that i want to challenge the notion that so-called "irrational behavior" often isn't.

[waider.livejournal.com]

I think you're just looking to pick a fight with a philosopher or a sociologist.

Of course, I may be giggling at this point, but my font is deadpan.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's a fight i can WIN, pal!