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Originally Posted by filtherton
Most everyone is "logical". I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone who believes in things for which there is no evidence. Whether you happen to agree with the validity of said evidence is another matter altogether. Standards of evidence are arbitrary and are perhaps chosen to yield the most aesthetically pleasing result.
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I disagree. I believe most people function on emotion far more than on objective, logical, reasoning. Individuals may be capable of objective thought and reasoning, but I find when dumped into the larger ocean of society, most individuals' thoughts are lost in the "group think" phenomenon. Those individuals who can rise above "group think" and maintain their rationality are the ones who end up controlling society. En masse, humans like shiny buttons and catchy slogans, and will believe whoever provides the shiniest button or the catchiest slogan.