Had to pass this one on, couldn't resist.

[Nearly Sane]

I want to know why you think that love, beauty and joy are irrational. “Not fully understood” and “irrational” are not synonyms.

Can't answer for ekim but it would seem to me that from an internal viewpoint they aren't rational because they are subjective. If there are rational choices here it would need to be on an objective scale.

[ekim]

I want to know why you think that love, beauty and joy are irrational. “Not fully understood” and “irrational” are not synonyms.

See NS's reply above.

[The Accountant, OBE, KC]

I want to know why you think that love, beauty and joy are irrational. “Not fully understood” and “irrational” are not synonyms.

I would be interested in knowing what you mean by fully understood and how you are defining love, beauty or joy.

For example, are we talking about maternal love that reduces a person's objectivity in most situations or romantic love when you become intensely attached to someone unstable and selfish or I love eating certain foods even though they are not good for me and sabotage my goal to reduce my percentage of body fat?

And by joy, do you mean for example the joy of putting yourself and your family's life and health at serious risk in order to get the adrenaline rush of doing a dangerous or reckless activity?

[SusanDoris]

I want to know why you think that love, beauty and joy are irrational. “Not fully understood” and “irrational” are not synonyms.

Yes, I want to know that too!

Does anyone doubt that all the kinds of love we feel are generated by the grain? There is, therefore, no irrationality!

[Nearly Sane]

Yes, I want to know that too!

Does anyone doubt that all the kinds of love we feel are generated by the grain? There is, therefore, no irrationality!

So if someone thinks they are Napoleon today that is rational?

[The Accountant, OBE, KC]

Yes, I want to know that too!

Does anyone doubt that all the kinds of love we feel are generated by the grain? There is, therefore, no irrationality!

Similarly my beliefs are generated in my brain, including my belief in a supernatural entity, therefore no irrationality?

[Aruntraveller]

Does anyone doubt that all the kinds of love we feel are generated by the grain?

Well I have heard tell that whisky makes you frisky, and brandy makes you randy, I'll stop at beer tho 

[jeremyp]

No, it's called saying what I think. Deal with the post rather than some mind reading about intentions.

I did deal with the post. I dismissed it because it was talking about arationality not irrationality.

[Nearly Sane]

I did deal with the post. I dismissed it because it was talking about arationality not irrationality.

No, you made an accusation rather than dealing with it. That isn't dealing with anything. I don't see how thinking that desires are not rational isn't a challenge to your idea that love and joy are rational

[ippy]

Similarly my beliefs are generated in my brain, including my belief in a supernatural entity, therefore no irrationality?

Sounds irrational to me, there is no reasoning involved, I've yet to see anything viable that would make looking for the supernatural  something worth looking for in the first place, it's not exactly one of the most rational ideas to pursue.

Regards ippy

[Nearly Sane]

Sounds irrational to me, there is no reasoning involved, I've yet to see anything viable that would make looking for the supernatural  something worth looking for in the first place, it's not exactly one of the most rational ideas to pursue.

Regards ippy

You do realise that Gabriella was using the logic in SusanDoris's post here  to highlight that this would be a logical conclusion if SusanDoris was being consistent?