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		randallsquared on June 4, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Today is the end of sheloshim for my beloved husba... > Somehow if we can get out of the hyper rationalist maximization seeking robot mentality, an answer of some form may present itself. If you have to be less rational to accept an answer, doesn't that imply that the answer is wrong?

eli_gottlieb on June 4, 2015 [–]

And if you're supposed to come to an emotionally satisfying view of life by rejecting rationality, doesn't that screw-over those of us who gain emotional satisfaction from obtaining rational answers to things?

Oh, wait, everyone with a scientific turn-of-mind has already been labelled a "robot". Beep boop, then /s.

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