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My desire not to eat worms is an irrational desire -- because
{ 1 } - I learned it from my society.
{ 2 } - it seems "irrational" or "strange" to us.
{ 3 } - it's based on less than full and complete knowledge.
{ 4 } - it would diminish if I broadened my knowledge and experience.
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My desire not to eat worms is an irrational desire -- because
{ 1 } - I learned it from my society.
{ 2 } - it seems "irrational" or "strange" to us.
{ 3 } - it's based on less than full and complete knowledge.
{ 4 } - it would diminish if I broadened my knowledge and experience.
That doesn't by itself make it an irrational desire.
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My desire not to eat worms is an irrational desire -- because
{ 1 } - I learned it from my society.
{ 2 } - it seems "irrational" or "strange" to us.
{ 3 } - it's based on less than full and complete knowledge.
{ 4 } - it would diminish if I broadened my knowledge and experience.
Whether eating worms seems "normal" or "strange" to us depends on how we were brought up. My society teaches people to shudder at the very idea of eating worms. In some other societies, people are taught to think of worms as a delicious delicacy.
Rationality isn't about what seems "strange" or "normal" to us because of our upbringing. Instead, it's about taking a more objective standpoint. Part of this involves gaining more knowledge -- including knowledge about how our desires originated.
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My desire not to eat worms is an irrational desire -- because
{ 1 } - I learned it from my society.
{ 2 } - it seems "irrational" or "strange" to us.
{ 3 } - it's based on less than full and complete knowledge.
{ 4 } - it would diminish if I broadened my knowledge and experience.
Every desire is based on less than full and complete knowledge.
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My desire not to eat worms is an irrational desire -- because
{ 1 } - I learned it from my society.
{ 2 } - it seems "irrational" or "strange" to us.
{ 3 } - it's based on less than full and complete knowledge.
{ 4 } - it would diminish if I broadened my knowledge and experience.
My anti-worm desires would change if I gained further knowledge (of how worms can be prepared in healthy and appetizing ways, and how my anti-worm feelings came from social conditioning) and further experience (eating a delicious earthworm meat loaf in a culture that accepts such things).
My anti-worm desire is trivial. But it isn't trivial when people are conditioned to hate people of another group. It's important that socially taught desires can be rationally criticized.
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