Re:Heartbleed disclosure timeline: who knew what and when
by andyjdavis on Monday April 21, 2014 @11:16PM
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>what you're saying is the word "irrational" has no meaning whatsoever
It has meaning. It means "we have insufficient information" or "something is going on here that we don't know about or understand."
In the theoretical sense, I agree with that, but in a world of social interconnections, we need a meaningful framework and vocabulary for judging these sorts of things. While I believe that true objectivity is hard (and maybe impossible), I think there's a lot of social value in coming up with widely accepted definitions of rational vs. irrational, at least on a case-by-case basis.