#and yeah the sarcastic analogy isn't precisely the same as real life but i really do view interrogating things in life the same way

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hey guys instead of trying to pin down the tides by building this seawall in the netherlands we should just let floods happen. We're never going to prevent floods as a phenomenon anyways so I think its a lot easier to just accept it than try to tie ourselves in knots calculating the height and depth and material of the wall.

the thing abt rationalists and ppl in general who approach life in a really analytical way is i think life is inherently a mystery and incomprehensible and contradictory and our minds, if they're well adjusted to life, will reflect this. so when ppl try to go through their lives and find truth and eliminate contradiction its like trying to pin down the tides lol you will always hold contradictory ideas and see contradictory things and its so much easier to just accept it than try to tie yourself in knots around it