I'd say when we let children do the talking for us, we have definitely left the realm of rational thought. — Tzeentch
Obviously, then, you'd pay zero attention to any canary in your mineshaft, because of course the owners of the mine have assured you its all safe, and rumors of danger are just fake news, which you embrace out of a variant of Stockholm syndrome, and because your goal in life is to be the best possible intellectual sock-puppet you can be.I'd say when we let children do the talking for us, we have definitely left the realm of rational thought. — Tzeentch
I suppose you think Trump (and his motley band of all-grown-ups) the paragon of rationality. — ZzzoneiroCosm
What precisely do you find irrational in Greta's plea? — ZzzoneiroCosm
Blaming the world for "stealing her childhood", for one. — Tzeentch
And what law says that children are not rational agents? — tim wood
since sea level rise should have put half the country underwater — Tzeentch
Or better yet, google "map Netherlands below sea level" and you should understand. — Tzeentch
Take a guess why that is. — Tzeentch
If you have children, read this to them tonight at bedtime. — ZzzoneiroCosm
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