it would appear to the average person that most rational types are only moderately
successful while all the extremely wealthy people are irrational.
This only makes sense if you consider “rational” to equal “geeky Spock-wannabe”,
We’re talking here about perception, not reality, and I’m sorry to say that “geeky Spock-wannabe” probably does equate to the average person’s perception of “most rational types” .
(Most people take a concept to mean whatever most uniquely distinguishes it from other concepts—so ‘rational’ means whatever, in the characteristics they associate with rationality, is most unique and different from the other concepts they have. i.e. Spock-like).
We’re talking here about perception, not reality, and I’m sorry to say that “geeky Spock-wannabe” probably does equate to the average person’s perception of “most rational types” .
(Most people take a concept to mean whatever most uniquely distinguishes it from other concepts—so ‘rational’ means whatever, in the characteristics they associate with rationality, is most unique and different from the other concepts they have. i.e. Spock-like).