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You can place the irrational in a rational frame of understanding, of course. But if you use a heuristic you are saying "I will use this shortcut even though I
by googthrowaway42 6y ago
You can place the irrational in a rational frame of understanding, of course. But if you use a heuristic you are saying "I will use this shortcut even though I don't fully understand why it works".
- ironmagma 6y agoYes, but how is that irrational? It’s not using anything that’s contrary to rationality. It’s something that rationality fails to cover — you can’t find a rationale if you have no information to input into the system of rational thinking.
- googthrowaway42 6y agoI'm using the term irrational to mean "not within the domain of the rational", not as a synonym for "stupid" or "folly".
- username90 6y agoIt is rational to not waste time and energy thinking about things that are unlikely to matter. Being rational doesn't mean that you always make the correct choices according to some artificial metrics, it means that you make the correct choices based on the information available to you and your goals. Intuition and folk tales is a part of the information available to you, so keeping them in mind is a part of being rational (although you shouldn't put too much weight on them either).