Rationality Rules

He is a youtuber , i dont know much about him but i know that he does debunking about videos that are irrational and have fallacies . He is good , just that his channel is kinda underrated so i have put up his definations up here 'cause many people can see him here .

Thank you

Person 1 - Do you know rationality rules?
Person 2 he is, he is my favourite!

by AskMeAnything#$%+×÷=/_€£¥₩!& October 25, 2018

crippling rationality

the state of being too rational that it makes life unbearable, often resulting in suicidal thoughts --not to be confused with suicidal thoughts caused by crippling depression

"why did you kill yourself?"
"cuz its more reasonable than living, I have crippling rationality"

by dablord69 October 23, 2017

Parody Rationality

Parody Rationality, also Mock Rationality, is the act of mocking rationality or rationalism in a satirical way. Parody Rationality can refer to criticism to excess of rationality or rationalism and it can also refer to the idea of use nonsense rationality and arguments in order to criticize excess of rationalism or even to the use of alternative forms of rationality, mainly appealing to spirituality and esoterics in order to criticize positivism, materialism or scientism. Parody rationality often seeks to chalenge rationality and rationalists but it can also have different purposes and goals.

“Parody rationality is really good to mess with neopositivists and with people who thinks literally everything should be based on rationalism, neopositivism and scientism. But it’s necessary to know how to use it for avoid situations like post-modernism usually to lead even parody rationality can be considered as a post-modernist creation as well.

by Full Monteirism April 29, 2021

My Rationality

The rationality that is only understood by you. Usually used when you say or do something that makes no sense.

Person 1: Why did the banana turn into a coconut?
Person 2: Why?
Person 1: BECAUSE IT WAS A COOKIE!!!!
Person 2: That makes no sense
Person 1: Understand my rationality
Person 2: Which is?
Person 1: I'm an asshole.

by Harry Scrotes July 1, 2008

Rationality Forging

Creating a counterfeit version of a rational process—a fake cost-benefit analysis, a rigged Bayesian update, or a distorted decision matrix—where the numbers, probabilities, or utilities are invented or manipulated to justify an irrational desire. It's dressing up a gut feeling or a bias in the ceremonial robes of rational choice theory to make it look dignified and unassailable.

Example: "He forged a rationality to buy the jet ski. His spreadsheet assigned an 85% utility score to 'summer fun,' quantified 'midlife crisis avoidance' as a $5,000 value, and listed the risk of drowning as 'negligible (0.1%).' The output said 'BUY.' It wasn't reasoning; it was a numerically themed birthday wish he'd typed into Excel." Rationality Forging

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Rationality Crafting

The sophisticated design of a framework or worldview that uses the language and tools of rationality (calibration, probabilistic thinking, epistemic humility) not to seek truth, but to protect a core set of beliefs or identities. It's building an elaborate, self-consistent rational fortress where updates are only allowed in certain directions, and all counter-evidence is processed through defensive filters labeled "skepticism."

Example: "He crafted a rationality around his political tribalism. He used Bayesian terms to dismiss opposing studies ('low prior'), framed hypocrisy charges as 'whataboutism' to avoid engagement, and used 'steelmanning' only on his own side's weakest arguments. It was a formidable, internally consistent system crafted for defense, not discovery." Rationality Crafting

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Rationality Bias

The cognitive bias where one attempts to apply rational, logical analysis to domains that are fundamentally irrational or non-rational—such as politics, emotion, or faith. Rationality Bias assumes that everything can be reasoned about, that every domain yields to logic, that irrational phenomena have rational explanations that will eventually be found. It leads to endless frustration: trying to logic someone out of a political position they didn't logic themselves into; trying to reason with emotion; trying to prove faith wrong. Rationality Bias mistakes the map for the territory, the tool for the task. It's the bias of those who think reason is the only game in town.

Rationality Bias Example: "He spent years trying to reason his relatives out of their political views—studies, arguments, evidence, logic. Nothing worked. Rationality Bias had convinced him that reason could reach any domain; it couldn't. Politics wasn't about evidence; it was about identity, emotion, belonging. He wasn't arguing; he was banging his head against a wall that reason couldn't penetrate."

by Abzugal March 7, 2026