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mistersquidyesterday at 3:27 PM1 replyview on HN

> Apparently, rationalism isn't obviously correct. Unfortunately, I don't really have enough of a background in philosophy to really understand how this follows, but looking at how the world actually works, I don't struggle to believe that most people (certainly many decision makers) don't actually regard rationality as highly as other things, like tradition.

Other areas of human experience reveal the limits of rationality. In romantic love, for example, reason and rationality are rarely pathways to what is "obviously correct".

Rationality is one mode of human experience among many and has value in some areas more than others.


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terminalshortyesterday at 4:57 PM

Seeing the outcomes of romantic love makes me think it should never be used as an example of correctness in any way.