Apocalypse . . .um . . .SOON said:My first thought last nite was to respond, "Irrationality, it's like pornography, you know it when you see it." But that would be wrong, although my simple arbitration system uses the percentage system: Plato, 100% rational; the Bible, 99% rational if 'correctly' interpreted; TV commercials 10%-20% rational; politics 5% rational at this point in time. So, I'm back to my self-inflicted tautological world again. I do think it's important to 'parse out' the good and bad in each of our experiences (see the conspicuous consumption thread for some healthy examples).
Therefore, there is some agreement that we each judge rationality for ourselves? One person's crazy is another's sane?