“When you find yourself reluctant to sit on a chair because it had unexpectedly collapsed in the past you might shake your head and think "there, I'm so irrational!". But your reluctance to sit on a probably rickety chair is not irrational - you think it's irrational because you have a false view of what irrationality is.” ThinkingPastFinding YourselfIrrationalIrrationality Author:Nomy Arpaly
“I don't think we are all irrational every time we fail to see through an argument in a book, but suppose it's true about you. You are still more rational than you think you are. You are irrational in a minor way - believing a misguided theory of the nature of rationality - but rational in a major way - you respond well to probabilistic evidence as you go through the day.” ThinkingBelieveBookFailingEvidenceArgumentRationalIrrationalRationality Author:Nomy Arpaly
“I think it's ok to have wishes that conflict with each other - it's irrational to try to make them both come true, but not irrational simply to have them.” ThinkingTryingWishConflictIrrational Author:Nomy Arpaly