216. Make Me Stupider and Hotter (w/ Joyelle Johnson, John F. O'Donnell, Jena Friedman, Michael Cruz Kayne)

Fake the Nation

Headgum & Negin Farsad

Current Events, Panel, News, Politics, Comedy

4.5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Joyelle Johnson and John F. O'Donnell join Negin for a discussion on the pros and cons of rationality. Later on, Jena Friedman and Michael Cruz Kayne decide if they'd rather be intelligent or hot, and address other eternal questions. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Fake the Nation, episode 216.
0:04.0	Hello, hello, this is Fake the Nation where we talk about news, we talk about politics and
0:08.7	where we stare into the middle distance and ask, is this all there is? No, you guys, this isn't all there is.
0:15.0	I'm your host, Naguen Farsad.
0:17.0	And what there is is a fantastic episode of Vague the nation
0:20.0	waiting for you.
0:21.0	The question is, is rationality overrated? That is what we're
0:25.9	to be answering today with my esteemed panelists. Let's get started with topic
0:31.1	number one. We're going to talk about rationality,
0:34.0	and to talk about this, I am joined by comedian John F. O'Donnell.
0:38.0	Hi John.
0:39.0	Hey Nigan.
0:40.0	And I'm joined by Joyell Johnson.
0:42.0	Hey Joyell.
0:43.6	Hey Boo.
0:45.0	So the question is, is rationality overrated?
0:48.8	What if the irrational option is sometimes better?
0:52.0	We actually read a piece in Vox by Siegel Samuel and he
0:57.2	reported on research that shows sometimes people do the rational people choose the rational choice because the rational thing would violate something
1:06.1	we value more.
1:07.9	Something like that being annoying.
1:10.2	For example, like is it rational to correct someone's grammar?
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