346 Quotes About Rationality

The educated don't get that way by memorizing facts; they get that way by respecting them.

the thing about fear is that it defies the laws of rationality. It creates its own laws instead

You know what? This isn't about your feelings. A human life, with all its joys and all its pains, adding up over the course of decades, is worth far more than your brain's feelings of comfort or discomfort with a plan. Does computing the expected utility feel too cold-blooded for your taste? Well, that feeling isn't even a feather in the scales, when a life is at stake. Just shut up and multiply.

Historical definition of a country's borders... "...here's where my murder geography ends and your murder geography begins, at least until I get more murderers to expand my murder-fest.

In believing too much in rationality, our contemporaries have lost something.

You should accept the fact that there's no clear boundary between you and the horse, between rationality and instinct. It's not easy for a woman…

Undoubtedly, modern Science is rational and the scientific method is based on rationality. But rationality is a wider concept, and it can explore what is beyond the scope of Science and its method.

*Only if you reject all the other paths can you discover your own path.

You have to choose your future regrets.