I don't agree with that person but there's some difference between rational decision-making and epistemic rationality.
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Epistemic rationality is accepting truths regardless of emotion and rational decision-making is about optimizing emotion by my definitions.
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Hmm. How does this relate here to my claim that marriage is now defined by commitment to someone you love, not a business deal.
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Decisions you make to fulfill emotional needs would be rational decision-making so getting married/having kids would be rational for you.
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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
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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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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.
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I guess some people will believe whatever BS makes them happiest.
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This doesn't relate to anything. I'm not even sure where you think we differ.
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It's because you're too focused on yourself.
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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.
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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.
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Do you think that, while it might not be rational for you, your genes have a different idea?>
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Yes. Genes and reason are different things. Our biology gives us emotional needs and reasoning abilities.
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