Like all fundamental things, rationality is what we say it is. Things just are, if we cannot explain them we call them irrational but that doesn't mean that the

Like all fundamental things, rationality is what we say it is. Things just are, if we cannot explain them we call them irrational but that doesn't mean that they are inherently bad or to be shunned. Rational thought arises out living, it is not mechanical. I would say the triumph of our rationality has been the ability to deal with this irrationality, something which is on the decline. I would say that we won't be able to build true AI till we understand and reconcile this conflict and find a way to express it.