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Have you ever seen “Jackie Brown”? There's a scene where a criminal shows his colleague the dead body he has in the trunk of his car and then proceeds to expla
by tempodox 2y ago
Have you ever seen “Jackie Brown”? There's a scene where a criminal shows his colleague the dead body he has in the trunk of his car and then proceeds to explain, in perfectly rational terms, why the guy in the trunk had to be killed.
I'll never forget that lesson. Rationality can be used to justify anything and everything. Invoking rationality as the basis for one's decisions or behavior doesn't mean anything by itself.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoThis. Perfect rationality, working from insane premises, has to reach an insane conclusion.
- derbOac 2y agoI was immediately reminded of Rope by Hitchcock, although the nature of that rationalization is somewhat different.
- foldr 2y agoI can never quite decide if Jimmy Stuart's outrageous hamming at the end of that movie makes it or ruins it ("Did you think you were God, Brandon?")
- rufus_foreman 2y ago"Who's that?" "That's Beaumont." "Who's Beaumont?" "An employee I had to let go." The rest of the perfectly rational explanation will be left out, as it contains strong language not suitable for a website such as this.
- jajko 2y agoRationality without morality is pretty dangerous, thats for sure, its trivial for a skilled smart manipulator to lead folks into pretty dark places while still feeling superior. And then there's a non-trivial amount of properly crazy folks who think they are absolutely fine and behaving very rationally, their own version of reality and universe in their head is impenetrable. Psychiatrists have stories to tell, but either can't share or folks prefer not listening such things (same goes for most doctors, ambulance drivers etc.)