Is It Better to Be Irrational or Rational?

Richard: I think we are all irrational. We end up believing things about ourselves that aren't true. There is some evidence that people who suffer from depression actually have a very realistic world view. That's why they feel so downthe time. So i do think it's part of being human, it is to have these positive illusions. But the problem is, sometimes we can take it too far and believe in things that really aren't true,. Astrology, homeote, the supernatural, carrier. What are they? Religion? That n itest. Well, i we like to leave in the show the fact that some of my research as shown that religion is negatively correlated with intelligence