Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness. From LearnThat.org. [George Jean Nathan (1882-1958)]
irrational numbers. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
irrational fears. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
One of my classmates at seminary snorted contemptuously at this notion, which he termed irrational superstition. From Wordnik.com. [Beginner’s Grace] Reference
Now that's irrational: is he out of rational arguments?. From Wordnik.com. [Granholm worries of Tea Party's 'fringe element'] Reference
Then would we say that irrational is just very unpredictable. From Wordnik.com. [I Get to Pretend That I Am a Scientist for a Day… - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
The distinction between arational and irrational is important. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Latest Mohammed Cartoon Controversy, this Time in South Africa] Reference
As Namier says, the irrational is not necessarily unreasonable. From Wordnik.com. [David Trimble - Nobel Lecture] Reference
The other side can result in irrational beliefs, magical thinking, and snake oil science. From Wordnik.com. [SF Tidbits for 12/22/07] Reference
To paraphrase Keynes, the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent. From Wordnik.com. [Regulate Mutual Funds?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Ah, critical stinker's out from under its rock again .... irrational and irrelevant as usual. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Behold, the Poll of Polls] Reference
How irrational is it to be affected with the images, the fading and transient images, of a dream!. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
What you call ‘common sense,’ I call irrational injustice, perpetuated by ignorance and bigotry. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Criminal Charges Against Anti-Homosexuality Street Preacher Dropped in England] Reference
The price paid by Pakistan being a frontline state cannot be undermined by certain irrational comments. From Wordnik.com. [Calling Out All Galloping Beavers « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
What looks irrational from the outside can be a valid and reasonable expression of personal preference. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Josh Wright on Behavioral Economics in the Obama Administration:] Reference
Troy, you do realise that the fact that people are irrational is irrelevant to Bryan's point, don't you?. From Wordnik.com. [Feminism and Just Price Theory, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
I always preferred Bradbury's approach or Dick's where the irrational is just as important as the irrational. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-12-01] Reference
As John Maynard Keynes said, “Markets can remain irrational a lot longer than you and I can remain solvent.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Goldman Fraud Suit] Reference
Characters frequently were made to act in irrational ways simply to fulfill the needs of the plot – another basic mistake in fiction. From Wordnik.com. [Review: Terminator Salvation « BAHAY TALINHAGA] Reference
The alternative — irrational people behaving in irrational ways — would complicate the world beyond the possibility of understanding. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics] Reference
The myths, on the other hand, are what we call irrational and debasing.”. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
I felt like I was missing some steps-maybe I was being "irrational" - so I went and read the study Brown cites. From Wordnik.com. [Independent Gay Forum -] Reference
How deep and irrational is the Arab world’s hatred and suspicion of Israel?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Arab Conspiracy Theories About Israel:] Reference
You can see how useful the notion of irrational man is to a would-be regulator. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics] Reference
Of course, as you say, it is absurd and irrational, which is to say the very least. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
It may not be coldly rational, but I’m not sure I’d call it irrational, either. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » NRA Convention report] Reference
Rational herding behaviour is called irrational because it is not what the models predict. From Wordnik.com. [homunculus] Reference
It's possible they've become truly irrational, which is pretty scary considering all those nukes. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
There are many families with members whom the rest call irrational, irresponsible or "black sheep.". From Wordnik.com. [Freedom Talks No. II] Reference
The only people capable of rationalising the irrational are the cowards that sit at football's top table. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Such a number is called irrational since it does not form a ratio or fraction (in the sense of 1/2 = 1: 2 or 5 = 5: 1). From Wordnik.com. [NUMBER] Reference
Men, therefore, may be called irrational, if, like the lower animals, they allow themselves to be determined by the moment. From Wordnik.com. [On Human Nature] Reference
Hitherto we have reviewed only the imaginary influences of the moon over inanimate nature and what are called irrational beings. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
I think we have to be careful here, and not get caught up in what has been described as irrational exuberance in another context. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2003] Reference
` ` Financial markets freeze up as an excess of fear displaces a protracted period of what some might call irrational exuberance. From Wordnik.com. [Between the Hedges] Reference
You haven't provided one single shred of evidence to support what can only be described as your irrational animosity toward Mrs. Clinton. From Wordnik.com. [At MLK's Church, Obama Denounces Homophobia And Anti-Semitism] Reference
Poseidon Pboebus, the cold and wet against the hot and dry: Athene to Ares, the rational to the irrational, that is, the good to the bad. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
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