An interesting point. "I must design this well" or "I must code this beautifully" are inner drives that don't necessarily have rational thought behind them. Bu

An interesting point. "I must design this well" or "I must code this beautifully" are inner drives that don't necessarily have rational thought behind them. But then, the real truth behind this is that all rational thought rests on faith. "A projectile launched thusly will follow this path, because this is the formula that describes it, because it will follow previously observed patterns, because the universe behaves consistently, because the universe is rational, because... well, I just have to believe that it is." Or "I will strive to write clean code, which is good because clean code is easier to understand, which is good because it helps others, which is good because... well, I just believe that it is." Whenever somebody says "we should reduce dependency on oil" or "we should regulate mortgage trading" or "ruby is a great programming language" or whatever, they're using a whole system of values that, at bottom, is not rational. You value something, period. You assume something, and go from there. None of us are superior in this regard.