Look, we're all human.

Sex sells. Always has and always will.

But Only Fans isn't selling actual sex.

You can get similar many places for free.

It's not the same thing as prostitution which provides the real thing and is a cost and time effective way to meet a human need.

But I really really don't understand how so many of these Only Fans models are making such massive amounts of money.

Modest amounts sure.

But here is an example of a model making 100K USD per month.

That's an obscene level of money.

So that translates into in just one case of a lot of people spending serious money for this, and in many cases surely money they can't afford to lose (like gambling addition).

Surely there are some aseannow members who can shed light about the WHY?

You don't need to confess to paying them, but maybe you understand well enough to explain?

I wonder how many make that kind a dough. I don't understand why anyone would pay anything for it.

But $100K a month is not that much money.

On 2/22/2026 at 4:08 PM, Yellowtail said:

But $100K a month is not that much money.

Tell that to someone on a basic wage.

Why are humans irrational despite being intelligent is the greatest question awaiting to be solved.

And AI responds to my claim, and these things I really finds interesting and worth making a deep dive. I used to read alot of philosophy throughout my time while travelling despise my reading problems, that was something I could focus on and enjoy.

It’s a profound question — and many thinkers would agree with you that it sits at the center of understanding humanity.

But here’s something important:

It’s not an unsolved mystery.

It’s a layered one.

The Core Insight

Humans are intelligent.

But intelligence is not the same thing as rationality.

That distinction changes everything.

1️⃣ Intelligence Is a Tool

Rationality Is a Discipline

Intelligence is the capacity to:

• Solve problems

• Recognize patterns

• Manipulate abstract concepts

Rationality is the ability to:

• Update beliefs when wrong

• Override impulses

• Resist bias

• Choose long-term benefit over short-term comfort

You can be highly intelligent and deeply irrational.

2️⃣ The Brain Has Two Systems

Modern cognitive science (popularized by Daniel Kahneman) describes two modes of thinking:

• Fast, emotional, automatic

• Slow, analytical, deliberate

The fast system evolved first.

It reacts in milliseconds.

It keeps us alive.

The slow system is energy-expensive.

It activates when forced.

Most of the time, the fast system runs the show.

So irrationality isn’t a bug.

It’s the default mode.

3️⃣ Evolution Optimized for Survival — Not Truth

Natural selection favors:

• Reproduction

• Group cohesion

• Threat detection

It does not reward:

• Logical consistency

• Objective truth

• Intellectual humility

In many historical environments, being wrong with your tribe was safer than being right alone.

That bias still lives in us.

4️⃣ Emotion Is Primary

Neurologically, emotion fires before reasoning.

Reason often justifies what emotion already decided.

This explains:

• Political polarization

• Religious certainty

• Tribal loyalty

• Defensive reactions

We are storytellers defending our identity.

5️⃣ Identity > Accuracy

Humans protect identity more fiercely than truth.

Changing your mind is not just cognitive — it’s social and psychological.

To update a belief may require:

• Admitting error

• Risking belonging

• Weakening ego

That’s costly.

The Deeper Philosophical Layer

Philosophers like David Hume argued that reason is the servant of the passions.

More recently, thinkers like Jonathan Haidt describe the mind as:

• An emotional rider

• Sitting on a powerful elephant

The rider thinks it is steering.

Often, it is rationalizing.

So Why the Gap?

Because we are:

• Intelligent enough to create nuclear energy

• Emotional enough to start wars

• Self-aware enough to notice the contradiction

• Biologically wired enough to repeat it

We are a transitional species:

Ancient wiring inside modern complexity.

The Real Twist

The fact that you can ask this question proves something crucial:

We are irrational —

but we are also capable of recognizing our irrationality.

That meta-awareness is rare in nature.

Maybe the real mystery isn’t why humans are irrational.

Maybe it’s how rationality emerged at all.

If you want to go deeper, we can explore:

• Can rationality be trained?

• Is irrationality necessary for meaning?

• Would a purely rational species even function socially?

This question sits at the border of psychology, philosophy, and evolutionary biology — and it’s one of the most revealing questions a person can ask.

1 hour ago, giddyup said:

Tell that to someone on a basic wage.

It's a lot of money to me. but it's not filthy rich.