A Review of Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters by Steven Pinker. . In folk psychology, emotion is often seen as antithetical to rationality. This idea is not correct. Like other heuristics, emotions get us “in the right ballpark” of the correct response rather quickly.

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I believe in stoa. Ratio is a follow up. Like the apple dropping from the tree.