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Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 06 November 2013 05:58:40AM 1 point [-]

Rationality is only bridled irrationality.

-- Bas van Fraassen, Laws and Symmetry

Comment author: gwern 02 December 2013 12:00:05AM 1 point [-]

I think Hume's 'reason is the slave of the passions' expresses the sentiment more clearly.

Comment author: simplicio 06 November 2013 11:40:09PM 0 points [-]

Rescue by saying

Rationality is only bridled heuristics.