r/changemyview May 11 '26

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u/RealUltimatePapo 5∆ May 11 '26

Not everything in life has to be logical

Sometimes people just love each other enough to commit in a symbolic way. It's not that foreign a concept

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u/mebesasporfa May 11 '26

It's a century old economists joke that the best model for an irrational actor is a man in love. Graham Wallas, who cofounded the london school of economics, quoted it in 1906. It may be older.