re: #95 Romantic Heretic

But it has run amok. You need only look at the recent collapse of Wall Street. All those tools that created that problem; asset backed commercial papers, derivatives etc.; were reasonable, logical.

Uh, sorry, that’s sophism. What makes these tools “reasonable” and “logical” in themselves?

But devoid of ethics, of memory, they were destructive.

Mr. Saul does not say Reason is bad, which is how many interpret him. He says without the balancing effect of other important human traits; common sense, ethics, imagination, intuition, and memory; reason will, as you say, run amok.

Gee. What else does he say? Sky is blue? Kittens are cute?

The question is: why focus on reason at all, in any way? Why not simply say “we need this, and this, and this”?

If anyone thinks there’s just too much reason, my suggestion is to vote Republican. They rely on gut and morality. See how that works out.