Lessdazed,

Thanks for your reply! I'm not quite sure how usefull that second quote you sent is. But if I ever do find a genie, I'll be sure to ask it whether it pays attention to my volition, or even to make it my first wish that the genie pays attention to my volition when fulfilling my other wishes ;)

My point in the section you quoted at the end of your post was not that there is a standard of rationality that people are deviating from. Closer to my views is that a standard of rationality is created, which deviates from people.