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Re:Checklist of Rationality Habits by Suryc011 on Saturday January 03, 2015 @12:45PM (#8831369)
I think you missed the point. It's not that the fear is itself intrinsically wrong, it's that the fear is leading to an irrational belief: that I will likely die if I do this wire-guided fall. That's just not a belief that comports with reality.
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Re:Checklist of Rationality Habits by ajross on Saturday January 03, 2015 @11:13PM (#8833284)
I, uh, rather think that you missed the point. "Rationality", when expressed in this kind of technicolor paint brush way, is a poorly-defined, fundamentally unscientific concept. Belief in it is itself irrational.

Basically: this is just self-help hippie nonsense to me. My irony detector is off the charts, and I was expecting to be more impressed.

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