I recently learned the difference between “Justification” and " Rationalization." Justification is laying out the legit reasons for doing something, while Rationalization is explaining why it was okay. Justification is considered positive, while Rationalization is generally negative. Justification is reasons, and usually comes before, while Rationalization is excuses, and usually comes after.
In the case of this cartoon, Rationalization would have been a better word than Justification.
It’s a justification because he talks in AI word soup in real life. That’s the punchline in the comic. His defensive justification is that he sounds like an AI in his email because he just happens to sound like an AI all the time. There’s no rationalization required if he didn’t use AI to write emails and the justification for him sounding like AI in his emails is that actually sounds like AI all the time.
I recently learned the difference between “Justification” and " Rationalization." Justification is laying out the legit reasons for doing something, while Rationalization is explaining why it was okay. Justification is considered positive, while Rationalization is generally negative. Justification is reasons, and usually comes before, while Rationalization is excuses, and usually comes after.
In the case of this cartoon, Rationalization would have been a better word than Justification.
Just sayin’.
It’s a justification because he talks in AI word soup in real life. That’s the punchline in the comic. His defensive justification is that he sounds like an AI in his email because he just happens to sound like an AI all the time. There’s no rationalization required if he didn’t use AI to write emails and the justification for him sounding like AI in his emails is that actually sounds like AI all the time.