The Force of the Irrational
The Force of the Irrational By Joseph Shattan on 12.28.09 @ 6:08AM As the Democrats begin their final push to pass a health care bill that the American people don't really want, that they themselves haven't read (let alone understood), and that is bound to hurt them very badly in upcoming elections, it seems worthwhile to pause for a moment, and consider the role of the irrational in human affairs. What really motivates human actions -- a straightforward calculus of gains and losses, or unconscious desires that the actors can't acknowledge even to themselves, let alone admit to in public?...
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