Right on. I fear you may find it difficult to get through to most people with this message, I know I have. Rationality, and its brother objectivity, give people a sense of comfort, and are socially enforced. But as Nietzsche saw, rationality is a suppression of instincts in response to the mandates of society. I like this line in Beyond Good and Evil where he seems to be talking about rationality:
"The will to overcome an emotion, is ultimately only the will of another, or of several other, emotions."
I'd even argue that what you've written doesn't go far enough. I'm looking at this from the perspective of AI, and AI has always had as its model the "rational agent". This, I believe, has severely hindered its creative capabilities and ability to generalize. I wrote about formal logic in AI in this series (https://ykulbashian.medium.com/the-green-swan-6d1bc569684f). Here's a quote from that series I think is applicable:
"Motivated, non-logical thinking is your default way of addressing the world. Out of these roots formal logic grows like a well-pruned branch. Formal logic is just a flavour or type of motivated thinking, one that tries to conform language and symbols to a communally agreed upon set of rules."
Right on. I fear you may find it difficult to get through to most people with this message, I know I have. Rationality, and its brother objectivity, give people a sense of comfort, and are socially enforced. But as Nietzsche saw, rationality is a suppression of instincts in response to the mandates of society. I like this line in Beyond Good and Evil where he seems to be talking about rationality:
"The will to overcome an emotion, is ultimately only the will of another, or of several other, emotions."
I'd even argue that what you've written doesn't go far enough. I'm looking at this from the perspective of AI, and AI has always had as its model the "rational agent". This, I believe, has severely hindered its creative capabilities and ability to generalize. I wrote about formal logic in AI in this series (https://ykulbashian.medium.com/the-green-swan-6d1bc569684f). Here's a quote from that series I think is applicable:
"Motivated, non-logical thinking is your default way of addressing the world. Out of these roots formal logic grows like a well-pruned branch. Formal logic is just a flavour or type of motivated thinking, one that tries to conform language and symbols to a communally agreed upon set of rules."
Looking forward to reading more from you.