But it's not even a choice to like furry. I didn't find furry and say, "Hmm, should I like this or not?" I found furry and found, "Ah, I like this." When I used choice beforehand I probably should have put it in inverted commas. I was just using it in the sense that there were two alternative paths, not that there was any actual choice to be made. If there is no choice and possible way to reason something then it makes no sense to label it rational or irrational. We don't say it's irrational to have white skin. We don't say it's irrational to be a male. Both of those are true for me and neither of them were due to any reasoning on my part. It's the same with liking furry.
Intuition is not important to human intelligence. Intuition is the opposite of human intelligence. The only time intuition exceeds rational though is when you have a brief to exposure to limited information and no way to get more. The entire idea that intuition is of any use has it's own section in 'The Invisible Gorilla', which is a really excellent book that looks at a number of flaws in human psychology that affect our everyday lives that most people are unaware of.
I didn't say it was rational to expect rationality from everyone all the time. But that doesn't mean that it isn't something we should strive for. I don't expect moral behaviour from everyone either but it's still something worth striving for.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
But it's not even a choice to like furry. I didn't find furry and say, "Hmm, should I like this or not?" I found furry and found, "Ah, I like this." When I used choice beforehand I probably should have put it in inverted commas. I was just using it in the sense that there were two alternative paths, not that there was any actual choice to be made. If there is no choice and possible way to reason something then it makes no sense to label it rational or irrational. We don't say it's irrational to have white skin. We don't say it's irrational to be a male. Both of those are true for me and neither of them were due to any reasoning on my part. It's the same with liking furry.
Intuition is not important to human intelligence. Intuition is the opposite of human intelligence. The only time intuition exceeds rational though is when you have a brief to exposure to limited information and no way to get more. The entire idea that intuition is of any use has it's own section in 'The Invisible Gorilla', which is a really excellent book that looks at a number of flaws in human psychology that affect our everyday lives that most people are unaware of.
I didn't say it was rational to expect rationality from everyone all the time. But that doesn't mean that it isn't something we should strive for. I don't expect moral behaviour from everyone either but it's still something worth striving for.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~