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April 19, 2007

Rationality vs Irrationality

The element broght to the fore by the Cho Seung-Hui murder/suicide that continually amazes me is the almost unbelieveable inability of most of the commentators to distinguish between rational and irrational elements at play. In fact, in many cases there seems to be almost a complete reversal of the two.

"To think that he felt like a victim, when he had everthing - a good education at a top school - when, worldwide, he was in the top 1% of the top 1%."

Additionally, that so many reporters struggle so hard to show how wrong it was; almost breaking a sweat with the amount of struggle...this can only suggest an deep uncertainty about it being wrong at all.

"This was an attempt to impose his will on other people."

"He blamed everyone, in the end, execpt for the one person responsible: himself."

"Truly, the face of Evil."

(Isn't this what is so bankrupt about the notion of evil - that it is an impossible combination of the rational and the irrational?)

Posted by Sam at April 19, 2007 05:40 AM