Good luck in convincing anyone that doing something that's not rational is a good idea. The very definition of rationality is something that represents something good and necessary. I don't know why you'd try and argue for non-rationality/mysterious/spiritual reasons when using something is mathematical and scientific as computers. It's a bad combination.

Also, you don't have to use the whole standard. You know there are people who use C++ for hobby projects? That standard is dozens of times larger than the C standard.