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> People aren't rational People are rational by nature, but they can either choose irrationality because pride stands in the way of accepting the truth, or bec
by bobthechef 5y ago
> People aren't rational
People are rational by nature, but they can either choose irrationality because pride stands in the way of accepting the truth, or because of some mental defect or error.
> Going with reality is the safe bet. But real winners, and real leaders, can look for an edge by skirting the safe bet. Maybe reality will slam them in the face for it, but it may not. If it always did, we wouldn't have to write articles about it.
No idea what you're claiming here with this mumbo jumbo. Reality is nonnegotiable. It's already here. It doesn't consult with us. You can't skirt it because it is the case. What you can do is skirt something undesirable by acknowledging that things as they are are headed in the direction of the undesirable and change course, or repair after you've gotten into a undesirable place.
- alexpetralia 5y agoMuch of what we call "reality" is really just social consensus, and thus is liable to negotiation and redefinition.
- LocalH 5y agoSure, reality is objective. But that's not what we perceive. We perceive reality as filtered through our psyche. No human has ever perceived objective reality, and none ever will.
- goatlover 5y agoA skeptical response would be to question the justification for a belief in objective reality if we can never perceive it. The veil of perception hiding the world as it is from us leads to skepticism about the world independent of perception. A way out would be to allow some perception of objective reality alongside all the filtering. We are supposedly part of that objective reality after-all.