Man, by nature is a conscious, rational being.
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But the behavioural school of economics has long argued that investors are not rational, being subject to a whole range of emotional biases.
That's what any parent, I think, would say, and any rational human being would say, there's no lurches one way or the other, it's just common-sense really.
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In fact they so overwhelmed by its grandness that they stop being rational in their analysis.
In fact, more than being rational, self-interested, passionate, or imitative creatures at our root, we humans are defined by our uniquely transformational nature.
Instead of deciding whether any of the above are reasonable, the court concluded that Prop. 8 could have no effect on any of them so it had no rational basis for being the law of the land.
It challenges our traditional reliance on a model of human behavior that presupposes a rational person capable of being deterred by the threat of punishment.
It is the glue that keeps our story unified and creates our sense of being a coherent, rational agent.
Might a rational background check system include maybe being not-so-instant, even if it means that some people might have to wait a few days before purchasing a weapon?
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On prize day, one question nobody in the EU will ask is whether the world can afford the perverse luxury of 17 countries being unable to make rational economic decisions.
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It is not just the rational features and benefits of the product being communicated by the advertising that drives price expectations.
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Also included is one model for which we have difficulty finding a reason for any rational motorist to purchase, aside from it being easy to park, the diminutive two-seat Smart ForTwo.
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But these emotions are real, and feelings about being in danger are not always entirely rational or driven by statistics.
Pro-gun proponents must also come to an understanding that our Second Amendment rights can be protected without being twisted in a way that perverts any rational understanding of that right.
One type prides himself in being able to think and speak in a logical, rational, linear, detailed, abstract and conceptual manner.
We're a group of educationalists, rational people who believe that it's okay for a human being to speak about his homeland in his songs and his talk.
The only way we can bring this country and this economy back to being "great" again is if we can have a more rational benchmark for pay.
The reason it is impossible to found a rational economic policy purely on consumer sovereignty is that one cannot be a consumer without also being a producer.
Any rational lender would conclude that this was not likely to happen, which is why Greece is now being financed not by the capital markets, but by the IMF, the EU, and the ECB.
Since GISS is all about the surface temperature, that suggests (to rational thinkers at least) that some portion of the surface temperature rise post 1975 is due to pollution controls being enacted.
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