Human beings aren't fundamentally rational. We have to work at it, because it's not in our nature.
A thing to keep in mind is that expecting the systems humans built to act rationally at all times is perhaps expecting too much.
A thing to keep in mind is that expecting the systems humans built to act rationally at all times is perhaps expecting too much.
I know plenty of really smart people who are frustrated by this.
And some of those smart people can't see their own blind spots, for example making a completely rational case for why a woman should be with them romantically as the most obvious course of action, and being mad when they don't agree.