>It's also rational to be affected by things we cannot affect as well though. It's natural to be affected by things we cannot affect, but it is not rational.

>It's also rational to be affected by things we cannot affect as well though. It's natural to be affected by things we cannot affect, but it is not rational. A rational agent or rational being is a person or entity that always aims to perform optimal actions based on given premises and information.[0] Thus, an agent that spends energy analyzing impossible scenarions cannot be rational. >Your comment could be interpetted as saying that it is irrational to not ignore these things. That would be a valid interpretation of my comment.