Re: virus: Incredulity

Corey A. Cook (cookcore@esuvm.emporia.edu)
Sat, 15 Mar 1997 14:59:45 -0800

I wrote:
>Simple observation will show that rationality has one major bonus over
>irrationality: since the thought process is consious, one can track the
>process and verify each step. But irrationality has the advantage of speed.
>(It doesn't take as long to reach a conclusion, because there isn't as much
>self-analysis.) I think.

Loki wrote:
>That's a very rational way of looking at it. While I'm certainly not
>against a sort of bootstrapping process (I can rationally see the advantage
>of rationality), isn't there a sort of chicken-and-egg issue here? What
>makes you choose tracking the process over speed? Intuitition?

I decided tracking the process was more important then speed because I
believe in my sig file: "Sometimes, you're wrong." If you accept as a
given that you are inaccurate and prone to mistakes, you need to be able
to double check yourself. Otherwise, you will make errors, which may
prove fatal.

Corey A. Cook
cookcore@esuvm.emporia.edu

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