My bête noire in the fictional mistreatment of rationalism is that fictional rationalists refuse to update. The f*ing poltergeist (or whatever) will be wreaking all sorts of plainly observable havock—objects floating in the air, demons materializing and vanishing before our eyes, people’s faces melting off, etc., etc. -- and the “rationalist” will inevitably be standing there with a dumb look on his face, saying something like, “Well, there has to be some natural explanation...” Before he gets killed, of course.
My bête noire in the fictional mistreatment of rationalism is that fictional rationalists refuse to update. The f*ing poltergeist (or whatever) will be wreaking all sorts of plainly observable havock—objects floating in the air, demons materializing and vanishing before our eyes, people’s faces melting off, etc., etc. -- and the “rationalist” will inevitably be standing there with a dumb look on his face, saying something like, “Well, there has to be some natural explanation...” Before he gets killed, of course.
Stupid, stupid minds!