[see: \u2018AURELIS USP: \u2018100% Rationality, 100% Depth\u2019<\/a>]<\/p>\n Rationality is not only about concepts<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Of course, conceptual thinking is of huge importance. No doubt. However, through<\/em> correct conceptual thinking, one can arrive at its own limits:<\/p>\n Rationality is \u2013 by definition \u2013 about taking into account reality as a whole. Thus, the borders of conceptuality<\/em> are not the borders of rationality<\/em>.<\/p>\n Think \u2018poetry\u2019 (in general, not only poems). Rationality is also about this.<\/p>\n Do you think poetry exists?<\/p>\n Well then: poetry is precisely beyond<\/em> conceptuality. This is even why<\/em> it exists.<\/p>\n Thus:<\/p>\n One should not equivocate \u2018rationality\u2019 with \u2018getting rid of poetry\u2019.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Half a rationality is no rationality at all.<\/p>\n \u2018Getting rid of poetry\u2019 is only what it directly means: \u2018getting rid of\u2019. I hope, dear reader, that you don\u2019t abuse rationality for such a meager endeavor.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, I do see it being abused this way<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n even by people who are otherwise rational.<\/p>\n This abuse is plainly not rational. The result is ir<\/u><\/strong>rationality. Because this may nevertheless seem so close to rationality, let\u2019s put the term \u2018rationality\u2019 between brackets to denote a lack of poetry inside:<\/p>\n Rationality MINUS poetry IS \u2018rationality\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n Unfortunately, \u2018rationality\u2019 is a huge source of dividedness, worldwide.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n People who value poetry and see \u2018rationality\u2019 being used as an instrument for abusing the same, may turn away from rationality (without brackets) altogether.<\/p>\n Simply put, they:<\/p>\n How pitiful is this?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n And with huge consequences\u2026<\/p>\n Specifically, I see as one of the most appalling consequences: many people (+\/- 6 billion, more precisely) are stuck between one\u2019s own deeply felt \u2013 and valuable \u2013 religious feelings and the necessity to believe in some Santa Claus stuff.<\/p>\n Because \u2018rationality\u2019 cannot manage depth, eventually depth has mainly irrational outlets\u2026<\/p>\n It\u2019s even worse if \u2018rational\u2019 people point their finger to depth as source of irrationality.<\/p>\n The<\/em> source of course is multi-faceted, including \u2018rationality\u2019.<\/p>\n Intercultural divides. Intra-cultural divides.<\/p>\n What a waste!<\/p>\n\n
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