• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    losing a feeling of progress

    Right, that’s why it says perfectly rationally. If someone is really being perfectly rational they should only care about how long they wait inine, not a feeling of how long they wait. I don’t think being “perfectly rational” is something folks should strive to do.

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      Fuck everyone else though right? That doesn’t sound rational does it? In that case why even wait in the line? Just walk to the front because that will shorten your time

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        Right, it’s illustrating the foolishness of endlessly pursuing “rationality”, it’s not something people should do. I literally said it’s not a good thing. Just because something is rational doesn’t make it good. Humans are emotional beings.

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      Except being rational is not void of emotional reasoning, so “perfectly rational” does not mean “thinking without any emotional logic involved whatsoever”. This person isn’t thinking rationally, they’re just thinking very literally.

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        I think rational in this context doesn’t include emotional logic. I see your point though. I’m just saying I think they’re using the word differently than you.

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          If it doesn’t include emotional logic when humans are fundamentally emotional beings, then it’s not rational.

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            Which is why I think it’s clear they’re using the term rational differently and not including emotional logic.

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      I don’t think the person’s behaviour is rational at all. The queues in an airport are set up like they are for a good reason, to maximize the amount of people queuing in a given area. That is the rational behind the setup.
      The person in the picture is ruining the system based in the time being spent queueing. But she is not considering the space taken up by the queue as a whole. Not very rational.

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      Not only is it the same amount of wait time, but you have to pick up and put down your suitcase less times.