How native speakers pronounce “rational”

any kind of decision you have to make that would benefit from a rational assessment of the facts. So suppose you go to your doctor and the doctor says,

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is why? You know, is it rational? Is it logical that anybody should be expected

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where I could pick and choose what parts of progress were going to happen. And I think, the fear is totally rational. Sort of, the anxiety is totally rational.

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CC: I could absolutely see from an engineer's brain, that looks totally, completely rational and absolutely, and why wouldn't you?

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the Vulcans bring us advanced technology. Peaceful, rational species brings us technology and saves us from ourselves and brings on this century of discovery

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And they know that everyone else building AI also believes that. And so what's the rational thing for them to do given those facts? It’s to race as fast as possible.

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