Love isn't a rational feeling, it's something that makes you feel the highest of happiness during the good times, and the lowest of sadness during the bad times.

爱情不是理智的，好的时候它会让你体会最大的快乐，糟糕的时候则会让你感受最大的伤痛。

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We tend to think of this behaviour as irrational, despite feeling the pull of superstition ourselves (see: why rational people hate to tempt fate).

我们会觉得这种迷信的行为尽管可以给自己带来良好的感觉，但是荒谬的，没有理性依据。

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However, through the rational part of the brain, we are also able to feel empathy for someone feeling something we have not or are incapable of experiencing.

然而，通过大脑的理性部分，我们也可以对我们不可能经历的事情产生同情心。

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Against a process driven by lobbyists, money, and unprincipled legislators willing to be influenced by both, the typical voter is completely rational in feeling unempowered and helpless.

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These inaccurate thoughts are usually used to reinforce negative thinking or emotions telling ourselves things that sound rational and accurate, but really only serve to keep us feeling bad about ourselves.

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This feeling for the unseen set him apart from his parents' rational, atheist, progressive outlook.

ECONOMIST: William Golding