> That's an expectation that, while your data might consider it irrational, is part of the human experience and why numbers cannot quantify what we feel.
You seem to be claiming an axiom that we should make reality conform to our irrational emotions more than our attempts at rational analysis -- I think what you're hearing from other engineers is that they've experienced the same conflict and have decided that it's the emotion, rather than the rationality, that ought to leave when deciding how to act.
If you disagree, I think that all you can say is that your personal opinion is that life is aesthetically more pleasing when you stop attempting rationality. I think you should try to recognize that this is just an opinion you have, and not some objective truth that everyone else is failing to acknowledge.
You seem to be claiming an axiom that we should make reality conform to our irrational emotions more than our attempts at rational analysis -- I think what you're hearing from other engineers is that they've experienced the same conflict and have decided that it's the emotion, rather than the rationality, that ought to leave when deciding how to act.
If you disagree, I think that all you can say is that your personal opinion is that life is aesthetically more pleasing when you stop attempting rationality. I think you should try to recognize that this is just an opinion you have, and not some objective truth that everyone else is failing to acknowledge.