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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 3854075" data-attributes="member: 4937">Probably.&nbsp; The problem with pinning down exactly what I mean is that the word 'rational' is pretty slippery, since in normal usage it implies that you can usefully separate intelligence from emotion and that just isn't the case.&nbsp; 'Reasoned' works well for me as an alternative.&nbsp; This gets us into a circle though, because different people will disagree about what is 'reasoned' and 'reasonable'.A simple version of what I'm saying is that in humans there is no direct correlation between someone's intelligence and how reasonable they are as you might intuitively suppose.&nbsp; Otherwise, interesting observations (both in the post I'm replying to and earlier).Ain't that the truth.&nbsp; I'm particularly aware of this because I find myself floating in so many subcultures that are normally assumed to be in direct conflict with each other, and I get annoyed because so often the conflict seems to be invented by the most 'unreasoned' members of both groups.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 3854075, member: 4937"] Probably. The problem with pinning down exactly what I mean is that the word 'rational' is pretty slippery, since in normal usage it implies that you can usefully separate intelligence from emotion and that just isn't the case. 'Reasoned' works well for me as an alternative. This gets us into a circle though, because different people will disagree about what is 'reasoned' and 'reasonable'. A simple version of what I'm saying is that in humans there is no direct correlation between someone's intelligence and how reasonable they are as you might intuitively suppose. Otherwise, interesting observations (both in the post I'm replying to and earlier). Ain't that the truth. I'm particularly aware of this because I find myself floating in so many subcultures that are normally assumed to be in direct conflict with each other, and I get annoyed because so often the conflict seems to be invented by the most 'unreasoned' members of both groups. [/QUOTE]

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