h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Displays the restrictions of consensus reality and rationality very well.

i'm intrigued. would you care to explain further?

Intrigued by what I said or the piece of writing?

by what you said. i would love to be intrigued by the piece of writing, but being the author, that's a little hard for me

Ah? oh...ohhhh! Oops, you are the author...hehe.

I really liked what you wrote, and I'll further explain what I said about it now. Sorry about that, when I wrote the comment, I was in Info Tech class and had to write it quickly. What I meant was, you show the conflict between our human impulses, and what society tells us is right and wrong. And you accurately point out that the part of us programmed by society usually prevails (sadly true, yes).

that explains the consensus reality bit - but i don't understand how rationality is in conflict with it: human impulses, certainly. but rationality?

An impulse is never what society would call rational.

ah yes, but the societal definition of rationality isn't necessarily actual rationality...

True, but I'm not sure what to say next

eh, i am

so, the reason i was intrigued by your statement is that i think consensus reality is constructed rationally, so rationality needn't necessarily conflict with it. what do you think of that?

I think you make a lot of sense. Call it a day?

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sure