>Like convincing yourself to believe in something despite lack of
>evidence
>of evidence to the contrary in order to satisfy some need (e.g.
>comfort) other
>than truth? Maybe *that* is what Richard means by Level-3. Yes, I can
>imagine
>some special situations where one would be better off by acting
>illogically,
>but (and this is a big but) as a general strategy, irrational thinking
>is
>a recipe for disaster. (At least my logic memes say so :)
By definition, any behavior that you know in advance will lead to
disaster is irrational, no? The trick is to get out of the box that
rationality APPLIED TO YOUR CURRENT SELF-CONSISTENT CONTEXT puts you in!