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-13 Post author: beberly37 25 May 2012 09:40PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 26 May 2012 03:48:55AM 10 points [-]

Responding to title.

When what is rational is not what is "right"

Reminds me of something else:

The novice goes astray and says "My art failed me", the master goes astray and says "I failed my art"

In general, if you find that the "rational" thing is not "best" it is because you have missed some criteria, or you named the art and failed the twelfth virtue.

Comment author: beberly37 27 May 2012 12:22:33AM 1 point [-]

It is more like a very poorly worded version of the question, "What have I missed?", that manifested as me attempting to sound wise while in reality sounding foolish.