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- What Are We Arguing About When We Argue About Rationality? https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/what-are-we-arguing-about-when-we 2 comments
- Parish priest argues rationally for shoplifting http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/4813866.Full_transcript_of_the_sermon_given_by_Father_Tim_Jones 51 comments
- How Philippa Foot Argues that Moral Action is Rational Action https://www.youtube.com/watch?amp%3Bfeature=share&v=kAMFRGlsSSc 3 comments philosophy
- The study argues that human rationality has developed not simply as an adaptation to the environment but as its embodied reconceptualization. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.805743/full 12 comments science
- A recent paper argues that conspiracy theories may have once been adaptive. Specifically, they might have been a rational response to historical trauma—e.g., war, occupation, genocide, colonialism, or enslavement. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-new-home/202208/why-belief-in-conspiracies-is-sometimes-adaptive-and-logical 11 comments politics
- A recent paper argues that despite being associated with negative outcomes, conspiracy theories may have once been adaptive. Specifically, they might have been a rational response to historical trauma—e.g., war, occupation, genocide, colonialism, or enslavement. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-new-home/202208/why-belief-in-conspiracies-is-sometimes-adaptive-and-logical 3 comments history
- A recent paper argues that despite being associated with negative outcomes, conspiracy theories may have once been adaptive. Specifically, they might have been a rational response to historical trauma—e.g., war, occupation, genocide, colonialism, or enslavement. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-new-home/202208/why-belief-in-conspiracies-is-sometimes-adaptive-and-logical 49 comments science
- Whole Foods may not be the progressive company you think it is. CEO and founder argues against public option, calling it socialist and warns of rationing. Proposes Bush-style tax incentives as an alternative. http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424052970204251404574342170072865070.html 18 comments business