Quotes About Rationality

which does not require knowledge or intelligence, merely rationality in choice.

If, in spite of his best efforts, a man fails in a particular undertaking, he does not experience the same emotion of pride that he would feel if he had succeeded; but, if he is rational, his self-esteem is unaffected and unimpaired. His self-esteem is not—or should not be—dependent on particular successes or failures, since these are not necessarily in a man's direct, volitional control and/or not in his exclusive control.

Healthy self-esteem correlates with rationality, realism, intuitiveness, creativity, independence, flexibility, ability to manage change, willingness to admit (and correct) mistakes, benevolence, and cooperativeness. Poor self-esteem correlates with irrationality, blindness to reality, rigidity, fear of the new and unfamiliar, inappropriate conformity or inappropriate rebelliousness, defensiveness, overcompliant or overcontrolling behavior, and fear of or hostility toward others.

Para el hombre racional, psicológicamente sano, el deseo de obtener placer es el deseo de celebrar su control sobre la realidad. Para el neurótico, el deseo de placer es el deseo de huir de la realidad".

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.

I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free, so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on every subject), as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it.

We are, after all, homo economicus .

Widespread intelligence amplification doesn't lead to widespread rational behavior. New religions and mystery cults explode across the planet; much of the Net is unusable, flattened by successive semiotic jihads.

The belief that rational and quantifiable disciplines such as science can be used to perfect human society is no less absurd than a belief in magic, angels, and divine intervention.

It is my mission to put sensible and evidence-based information above politics and exaggeration.

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.

Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misunderstanding of reason with itself.

Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason.

Sin importar cuánto deseemos organizar todo de manera racional, sin desperdicios, ni cuán apasionada y cuidadosamente deseemos colocar todos los ladrillos de la estructura económica, sin grietas en la argamasa, esto continúa escapando a nuestras posibilidades.

The French satirist Molière once wrote, "A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one." Benjamin Franklin commented, "So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables us to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.

Perilaku kita yang rasional sering kali menjadi senjata makan tuan secara sosial. Tetapi perilaku kita yang rasional juga menghasilkan keajaiban

Efek kepemilikan itu tidak rasional, dan itu nyata-tetapi tidak mempengaruhi orang-orang yang berpengalaman dalam situasi-situasi realistis.

Menjadi rasional tidaklah sama dengan menjadi sangat cerdas secara intelektual.

The teacher spoke: 'There could of course be some rational explanation. But why shouldn't a karamah operate by rational means? After all, miracles aren't the same as magic.' I asked if he thought al-Shadhili would perform a karamah for a non-Muslim. 'If your intention in visiting him is good, why not?' said the teacher.

Holmes's experience in the war taught him not that all people have a right to freedom, but rather that claims about right and wrong are really only illusions.67 Ethical principles, he believed, are subjective, emotional commitments that cannot be judged right or wrong. Ideas such as justice or moral good are only the expressions of arbitrary personal preferences and are no more rational than a person's preference for one kind of beer over

Skepticism is a natural part of science

If I have been given any gift in this life, it's my ability to live simultaneously in the rational world and the world of imagination.

Logic only gives man what he needs," he stammered. "Magic gives him what he wants.

elated, perhaps, because, in a rational world where even disasters are familiar and damn near routine, something of almost fairytale flavor had occurred?