a great poster

[acroyear]

and a horrid thing that deserves it...

Srinivasan Pillay: Why Rational Thinking Is Not All It's Cracked Up To Be:

Let me start out by saying that I deeply value and respect rational thinking. I think that rational thought is a valuable foundation for decision-making and I value the sensibility that it embodies. However, I am not entirely enamored by claims of "rational thought" and here are a few reasons why.

Don't bother to read the damn thing.  The short summary is, "Irrationality sucks but is everywhere even by people who think they're being rational, therefore rational thought sucks."

Grokked from White Coat Underground - "So it is with Dr. Pillay and rational thinking. Since he doesn't get it, he figures rational thinking must be useless."