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11 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 20 October 2014 05:24PM

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Comment author: pjeby 24 October 2014 05:37:21PM 1 point [-]

And to behave rationally, you have to know what is rational.

...for your goals and the situation and other variables not stated. "Rational" is not a function with only one variable, which is why "Rational X" posts are unwelcome.

In fact, treating "rational" as a one-argument function is precisely what would make rationalism appear to be a religion. If anything, one-place functions are what religion is famous for. ;-) Good(thing), Evil(thing), Christian(thing), un-Christian(thing). When we speak as though there exists Rational(thing), we should not be surprised if people think a new religion is being proposed.