[lbo-talk] rationality (was: SPIEGEL on Dresden

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Travis:
> Rationality is internally conferred to some degree.  One can be mistaken
> about ends and means and still be rational.  Anything more than that and
you
> have ascended to the status of a god i.e., perfect foresight.  Could we
> please stop throwing the term rational around like it had some connection
> with "rightness" "effective" and the like.
>

This is the way rationality is seen by economists and theologians - and
reflects the poverty of their thought. 

An alternative definition would be informed by the way human mind actually
operates under the condition of imperfect information - which is its normal
operating condition.  Under that condition, human mind does what the
economists and theologians have not even dreamed of - it turns imperfect
information into semi-certitudes by the process of framing.

Wojtek