A meta comment. When I read this article, I don't learn anything at all about Frozen. I do get some insight about how we can, or even like, to rationalize ide

A meta comment. When I read this article, I don't learn anything at all about Frozen. I do get some insight about how we can, or even like, to rationalize ideas (vs. reasoning about them). In this context it's harmless and maybe entertaining. Where rationalizing becomes a problem is when you rationalize what is real; to many rationalizing is in appearance not so far from reasoning that it's easy to confuse the two if you take too much for granted or assume too much trust in a speaker. Not always easy for even the most rational amongst us to differentiate. Failing to be conscious of this one fact, in my opinion, leads to many bad outcomes like believing in conspiracies, ignoring uncomfortable challenges to our beliefs, and otherwise pollutes the marketplace of ideas. I guess the points of the comment are to urge you to be always mindful of the distinction between rationalizing and reasoning and to always vigilant to the point of self-examination when the distinction may really matter.