Ayn Rand Philosophy, Objectivism, Science, Self-interest

Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

Yeah because we just don't reason. We're cognitive misers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_miser

So that invalidates the goal of being rational and using reason? Just because it's difficult to use reason all the time doesn't change the fact that you should use reason whenever possible.

05-06-2016 04:04 PM #1
a500lbgorilla View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries SPLENDID GUY Join Date Sep 2004 Posts 28,082 Location himself fucker.	Yeah because we just don't reason. We're cognitive misers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_miser

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05-06-2016 04:22 PM #2
NightGizmo View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Join Date May 2010 Posts 1,081	Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla Yeah because we just don't reason. We're cognitive misers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_miser So that invalidates the goal of being rational and using reason? Just because it's difficult to use reason all the time doesn't change the fact that you should use reason whenever possible.

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