virus: Rational People

Reed Konsler (konsler@ascat.harvard.edu)
Wed, 3 Mar 1999 13:45:58 -0500

Reed:
>>>But self-proclaimed rational people tend to be pretty resillient.
>How does this happen? It's a paradox. How can these people
>be pan-critical, including self...how can they be so open and
>yet so strong?<<

Jake:
>Because there is a selection process at work that tends to ensure that we are
>picking the more resilient justifications.

Fiat.

Justifying WHAT, exactly? What is this grand justificational edifice FOR? At least the apologists have a purpose, you're just proliferating potentially dangerous weapons.

Reed


  Reed Konsler                        konsler@ascat.harvard.edu
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