According to Lakatos, one is rational as long as one avoids ad hocness as much as possible; according to Laudan, one is rational as long as one accepts the research tradition that has solved the most problems and pursues the one that is solving them at the greatest rate.
He has chosen the extreme anti-Islam hyperbolist Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn — who also happens to be a stop-and-frisk apologist and has tweeted that "fear of Muslims is RATIONAL" — as his national security adviser.
"It does mean occasionally that the pauses go in slightly odd places, because you're holding on a word, making sure that what you have to say is rational". As the final part of the tutorial, I ask him to read one of Shakespeare's most famous passages.
This is rational, as those who failed to see the mobile revolution and the sharing economy coming either lost their jobs or watched as their companies fell behind.
Given the vitriol from activists like Gordon-Byrne, it would be logical to conclude that customers will simply seek farm equipment elsewhere – leaving the market to decide whether John Deere's strategy is rational, as the company suggests.
Previous recommendation for mild to moderate AD Combination therapy of a ChEI and memantine is rational (as the medications have different mechanisms of action), appears to be safe, and may lead to additional benefits for patients with moderate to severe AD.
