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I do think its so interesting how humans perceive different activities.

One of the questions I always raise in my head, however, is “what is so wrong with being irrational”? So many hold up “rationality” as the ideal, as if that will stop us from meeting our ultimate fate, or even make our lives “better” somehow. I really do think that irrationality is a) what makes humans so dang interesting b) what keeps us from trying to rely on our self for all the answers c) what has been the hallmark of many a great invention.

that being said, the above article is very interesting, and I do find it silly when people are more afraid of things that don’t carry nearly as much risk as things in which you’d daily partake.