Reply #21: People tend to be rational [View All]

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Much more than irrational, even if you don't understand their rationality.
Much or what most people consider to be irrational is just decisions made with imperfect data.

It is totally rational to believe in lucky socks. What is irrational about wanting to maintain the conditions of a previous win? If you have very few aspects you can control going into a game, you should select the things you can control based on situations that resulted in previous wins.

It is totally rational to believe in religion. There are many things we don't know and some people come to different conclusions based on the same data. Even if I believe the conclusion is wrong a rational process went into deciding.

It is totally rational to refuse western medicine if your religion prohibits it. Just because I believe something is wrong doesn't mean an irrational process went into the decision. If you believe god doesn't want you to do it, then it is rational not to.