“Do we not perhaps feel thought, and do we not feel ourselves in the act of knowing and willing?” – Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts
“Nature appears to have built the apparatus of rationality not just on top of the apparatus of biological regulation, but also from it and with it.” – Antonio Damasio, Descartes’ Error
Critical of Critical Thinking
Rationality has always faced an uphill battle. It stirs few passions and obeys no creed, meaning that when it challenges ethnic, religious, or political loyalties, it can typically be subdued with a simple appeal to the human heart. Some people ignore reason more eagerly than others but we are all, to some extent, averse to rationality.
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