Your trust in rationality makes you irrational.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Relying too much on logic can lead to irrational decisions.
- In plain terms
- Being too sure of your logic makes you act irrationally.
- What can you take from it?
- Balance reason with intuition to avoid blind spots.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can you be too logical?
Another view
Rationality is generally considered the opposite of irrationality.
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