Reply #40: Embracing the irrational...

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...and embracing someone who is irrational are two different things. :)

I can't really guess your specific point here on some things as you aren't being very plain or direct. So the best I can do is respond to your language, and things I've heard before spoken in similar language.

I'm not talking about different people having different opinions about what is or is not rational. What I'm talking about -- which your words bring to mind, even if it's not your intent -- is that there are people who will themselves consider something they themselves accept and believe as irrational, who somehow think irrationality is a good thing, something they need to "be human", to "have a heart", etc. These are generally people for whom "logical" and "rational" means cold-hearted, unfeeling, calculating, etc.

And please, avoid deliberately slippery word-game interpretations of what I'm saying, like, "Well, my girlfriend is irrational, but I accept her" -- that's not what I'm talking about. The "accepting" and "embracing" and "believing" I'm talking about are the way people accept or reject doctrines, dogmas, statements about what causes various phenomena in the world, etc.