I see where you’re coming from, sate, but I didn’t read dcortesi’s post quite the way you did. I think it’s also instructive to note that even those of us who pride ourselves on our rational approaches to the world can also be very swayed by irrational desires. They may not be as pernicious or harmful, but they are irrational.

This podcast interview gets even better with the relistening.  The meaning and relevance of everything becomes practically everclear, which as you know is 200 proof!  Self-evidence is self-sustaining.  Human nature, etc. etc.  I love science!