The research showed that 96% of the time, my decisions were awesome.
Therefore it's rational? — Rufoid
96% positive results should put it beyond the region of mere coincidence but something else behaves similarly - bias. — TheMadFool
Is it rational to believe you won't fall into a fiery pit?
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I was trying to evoke a superstitious belief. There is such a thing as using birds as omens. — Rufoid
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/superstitionbelief that is not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, but is connected with old ideas about magic, etc.
... you are creating a contradiction and setting up a fruitless debate about the meanings of words.and that I believe this due to my own unpublished scientific research. — Rufoid
What's the difference? — Rufoid
you are creating a contradiction and setting up a fruitless debate about the meanings of words. — unenlightened
Belief in God is slightly more tricky because we're talking about whether or not something exists rather than a choice. — Judaka
just one example, one may choose to believe in God because they feel a world without God would lack meaning and that would cause them to be miserable — Judaka
... it is rational to do what is in your best interests. — Judaka
On the surface, it appears as though there is nothing rational about your choice. — Judaka
Most decisions are made by such non-rational, not irrational methods. — T Clark
I make a lot of decisions as part of my work, so I've thought about the decision making process. — T Clark
Suppose I believe in making decisions based on which kind of bird I see first thing in the morning, and that I believe this due to my own unpublished scientific research.
Is this an irrational belief?
So, do you think there is a meaning of rationality outside the narrow procedural sense? Or would you use a more general term like "reason"? — Echarmion
If we take the scientific method as an example, would you say the method itself is rational, or merely that we can rationally apply the method? And if the method is not itself "rational", then how do we describe it's justification? — Echarmion
Is the wording [irrational - SC] just used to express condemnation? — Rufoid
If I think I have a good reason for following bird omens, aren't my actions rational? — Rufoid
If I was unconsciously biased in favor of my method, how does that bear on the rationality of my beliefs? — Rufoid
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