I don't like irrational being used as a euphemism for irrelevant and meaningless either. In my usage of the word, emotions, faith, instincts and intuition are irrational, and I think all people are irrational.
The circular argument that you're not talking about your feelings, you're secretly talking about your opinions and just using feelings to guilt me into agreeing with you, so I can just discount your feelings as the smokescreen they are; and your sneaky opinion that you're trying to convince me of is irrational, based on emotion not logic, so I discount your opinion. Ergo, none of what you just said is relevant or meaningful - that circular argument frustrates me and offends me.
And it is irrational ;-)
Thank you for linking to your post. I was not aware of the specialized religious usage of the word "crazy". I do find some overlap with the common faith of my culture in the idea that to understand the mysteries, one must approach them irrationally. Perhaps grok is a better word than understand.
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Date: 2010-01-06 05:20 pm (UTC)The circular argument that you're not talking about your feelings, you're secretly talking about your opinions and just using feelings to guilt me into agreeing with you, so I can just discount your feelings as the smokescreen they are; and your sneaky opinion that you're trying to convince me of is irrational, based on emotion not logic, so I discount your opinion. Ergo, none of what you just said is relevant or meaningful - that circular argument frustrates me and offends me.
And it is irrational ;-)
Thank you for linking to your post. I was not aware of the specialized religious usage of the word "crazy". I do find some overlap with the common faith of my culture in the idea that to understand the mysteries, one must approach them irrationally. Perhaps grok is a better word than understand.