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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 9 Oct 2017

    Helen Pluckrose Retweeted killbyte

    This seems to be applying reason wrongly. There is no rational need for me to marry & have children. I did that to fulfil emotional needs.https://twitter.com/killbyte/status/917392545965015041 …

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    killbyte @killbyte
    Replying to @HPluckrose
    Haha, are you preoccupied or too busy to think? Emotional attraction evolved to inform us with whom to mate, not to make life decisions.
    8:14 AM - 9 Oct 2017
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      2. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I don't agree with that person but there's some difference between rational decision-making and epistemic rationality.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Intrinsic29 @HPluckrose

        Epistemic rationality is accepting truths regardless of emotion and rational decision-making is about optimizing emotion by my definitions.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Intrinsic29

        Hmm. How does this relate here to my claim that marriage is now defined by commitment to someone you love, not a business deal.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      5. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Decisions you make to fulfill emotional needs would be rational decision-making so getting married/having kids would be rational for you.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Intrinsic29

        That was my point. It;s a fact I have an emotional need for partnership & kids. This isn't a business decision. I don't need them for that

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. End of conversation
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      2. killbyte‏ @killbyte 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Emotions can result in bad meal choices too. Does your brain trick you into believing feelings/emotions run your life, because they don't.

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @killbyte

        Emotions can guide us wrongly, yes, but it is genuinely an emotional and not a rational need I have for husband and child. Not for food.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. killbyte‏ @killbyte 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I guess some people will believe whatever BS makes them happiest.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @killbyte

        This doesn't relate to anything. I'm not even sure where you think we differ.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. killbyte‏ @killbyte 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        It's because you're too focused on yourself.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. End of conversation
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      2. Amy Alkon‏Verified account @amyalkon 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I didn't have children for a very good reason: I can often detest the little buggers in 30 seconds or less. Kids: Loud, sticky, & expensive.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @amyalkon

        I don't like other people's very much, I must admit. I'm not someone who naturally enjoys the company of kids. I quite like my own.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Saint‏ @SaintTzu 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Do you think that, while it might not be rational for you, your genes have a different idea?>

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @SaintTzu

        Yes. Genes and reason are different things. Our biology gives us emotional needs and reasoning abilities.

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