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Liesmith on June 22, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Do Rational People Exist?

How is basic problem solving a test for rationality? Artists and serial killers and the mentally ill can learn to count.

dthunt on June 22, 2014 [–]

Doing pretty well at basic reasoning skills has a lot to do with good decisionmaking, in that it's required.

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