In trying to make rational decisions, it is foolish to pretend that one's own decisions (past, present, or future) are always (or even mostly) rational, let alo

In trying to make rational decisions, it is foolish to pretend that one's own decisions (past, present, or future) are always (or even mostly) rational, let alone other people's. Rather, most purportedly rational or logical decisions are instead rationalized ones, and it is rational to acknowledge this. I'm not suggesting throwing the baby out with the bathwater, just awareness that as decision makers our ability to apply logic is limited (in economic terms 'bounded'). In fact, perhaps our limited ability to reason is best imagined as a baby: full of endless potential, yet weak and fragile, easily perturbed, and requiring near constant care, attention, even vigilance.