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		randallsquared on May 11, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Smart people can rationalize anything Rationale and rational are different words. Just in case that wasn't a typo. :)

ErrantX on May 11, 2009 [–]

rationale is what I meant. "rationale based decisions" would be a better way of putting it (there is an important distinction between that and a "rational decision")

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